Phi Theta Kappa is holding a blood drive here at Sinclair on Wednesday, March 18. The drive will be held in the library loggia between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Rocky Belcher, PTK advisor, spoke on the blood drive and how long PTK has sponsored blood drive events here at Sinclair.
“We’ve been doing this for about seven years. We’ll be going into our seventh year of doing this,” Belcher said.
Belcher also said that the Community Blood Center, with whom they run the blood drives, has been around for 40 years.
Belcher didn’t have an exact number on how many students participate in PTK’s blood drives, but he did mention an award given to them by the Community Blood Center.
“The awards we’ve won the last few years in a row are called Leading the Way, Gold Partner Awards, and those have to do with how many students/donors that we have, and also how full we are to capacity at these events,” said Belcher.
This award is something that isn’t easy to achieve, it takes hard work and time to earn.
“Not everybody is able to win this award, so we’re pretty proud of that,” said Belcher.
Any student who wants to participate in the event can contact them online.
“Students can sign up at www.donortime.com, and they just have to be sure that they enter the sponsor code, which is 177,” said Belcher.
Students just need to talk to an interviewer to see if said student is eligible for donating blood.
“They can sign up, they have a little interview process to see if they are okay to donate blood, if they are they get to donate blood,” said Belcher.
It shouldn’t take too long for you to donate your blood, plus you will be helping those in your community.
“With just a few minutes of your time you can have a really big impact on your community,” said Belcher.
The reason the PTK holds events like these is because they want to help the community, one step at a time.
“One of PTK’s missions is to do stuff for the community, and this is one of our community activities that we do. As part of our service projects,” said Belcher.
Even a small amount of blood can help save many lives.
“A pint of blood can save three lives,” Belcher said.
Zoe Hurley
Reporter