By Dessa Bayrock (The Cascade) – Email
Print Edition: October 24, 2012
UFV’s Biology and Chemistry Students’ Association (BCSA) hosted a very successful blood drive in Abbotsford campus last week.
Volunteers and nurses from Canadian Blood Services (CBS) were on site to guide students, faculty, and staff through the process of giving blood.
UFV pledged 70 units of blood, in an effort to match Trinity Western University’s drive totals. With the results all tallied, the total blood donated by the UFV community was 80 units of blood.
“As for students,” says BCSA VP academic Danielle Hamel, “[CBS staff] were estimating about 80 per cent of donations were from first-time donors, which is absolutely astounding!”
With the success of this event, BCSA hopes to keep this partnership with CBS rolling on an annual basis, and UFV students can expect to see a blood drive on campus next year in the fall semester as well.
