CCCTC, American Red Cross partner for blood drive

Posted by author November 20, 2024 Jobs

Alyssa Kakavros, a junior Health Academy student from Columbiana, assists Caty Brewer, a junior Health Academy student from Southern Local. (Submitted photo)

Helping the American Red Cross with the blood drive are senior Health Academy students MacKenzie Palmer of Beaver Local, left, and Libbie Buckius of East Palestine. (Submitted photo)

: Helping the American Red Cross with the blood drive are senior Health Academy students MacKenzie Palmer of Beaver Local, left, and Libbie Buckius of East Palestine. (Submitted photo)

: Alyssa Kakavros, a junior Health Academy student from Columbiana, assists Caty Brewer, a junior Health Academy student from Southern Local. (Submitted photo)

: Zachary Davis, left, was named Columbiana County Career and Technical Center’s October Student of the Month. He is pictured with Construction Technology (CT) Program instructor Chris Schreffler. (Submitted photo)

LISBON — The Health Academy at Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in conjunction with the American Red Cross hosted a successful blood drive on Oct. 15. During the blood drive, 35 units of blood were collected with 63% of those units coming from first time donors.

According to the American Red Cross website, “Each day, the Red Cross needs to collect about 12,500 blood donations to meet the needs of patients at about 2,500 hospitals and other facilities across the country. T

he need for blood is constant. Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood.” The American Red Cross is responsible for supplying 40% of all blood products across the nation, promoting the importance of blood donations, and contributing to the community’s health and well-being.

The health academy students would like to thank Fox Den Pizza for their generous donation of pizza and the culinary students of the CCCTC for cookies and drinks.