Spring Break
Blood drive met goal Thursday
Christopher Hightower/ Staff Writer
Issue date: 2/7/03 Section: Campus Life
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The blood drive, which was held at Alpha Sigma Alpha house Thursday treated volunteers with free Papa John's pizza for giving blood to the American Red Cross.
Jamie Kleiss, a junior health studies major, organized the drive.
Kleiss said she got the idea to sponsor the drive while giving blood on a separate occasion.
A member of the Red Cross spoke to her and informed her they were in serious need of blood.
"It was a service that needed to be done and the girls of the house were more than willing to participate," Kleiss said.
After speaking with her sorority sisters, they set their plan in motion.
Alpha President Lisa Flam was one of the members who gave blood.
"It felt like a very patriotic thing to do with the state of our country being what it is," she said.
Alpha members Angie Tharp and Christy Fisher also donated blood.
Tharp, who said she gives blood about three times a year, gave blood because of the large need for blood in emergency rooms and hospitals across America.
Joseph Schoenoff, American Red Cross mobile unit assistant, said the Red Cross was grateful for the service project and looks forward to working with the Alpha sorority and others on campus in the future.
Schoenoff has been a mobile unit assistant for the past four years and is also a paramedic, but he became involved after retiring from the military.
"I wanted to stay involved in the community and volunteering is a great way to do that," Schoenoff said.
A total of 39 people came to give blood.
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