Student Senate sponsoring annual spring blood drive April 14-15

Northwest and its Student Senate annually hosts blood drives in partnership with the Community Blood Center. The University's spring blood drive is planned for April 14-15. (Photo by Todd Weddle/Northwest Missouri State University)

Northwest Missouri State University's Student Senate will sponsor its annual spring blood drive April 14-15 in collaboration with the Community Blood Center.

Northwest students, employees and community members are invited to donate blood between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. both days in the Tower View Dining Room on the third floor of the J.W. Jones Student Union.

Interested donors should use the group code CZ to reserve an appointment at savealifenow.org/group.

"Donating blood is all about helping others and saving lives," said Christian Towne, a senior international business and business management major from Bellevue, Nebraska, who serves as a co-chair of the Student Senate's Civic Service Committee. "Based on our results from the blood drive over the past two years, Northwest students have saved roughly 1,000 lives nationwide, not just in the Maryville community."

The Community Blood Center is the primary supplier of blood and blood components in the region, serving more than 70 local hospitals and medical centers in Missouri and Kansas. Student Senate annually sponsors fall, winter and spring blood drives in cooperation with the Community Blood Center to boost blood supplies in northwest Missouri.

Blood from volunteer donors assists cancer patients recovering from the rigors of chemotherapy, vehicle crash victims needing blood for emergency surgeries and mothers needing blood as a result of traumatic birth deliveries. It is estimated that three lives are saved with every unit collected.

Northwest has sponsored blood drives for more than 50 years and has a reputation for its outstanding commitment to supporting blood donation in the region.

For more information, contact Student Senate at [email protected] or 660.562.1218.