By Daniel Escamilla In addition to the blood drive on October 20 this fall quarter, a couple of lifestream blood banks were seen throughout the campus for the community blood drive that again took place on November 5, 2019, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Participants consisted primarily of staff and students having their blood drawn for donation. Lifestream blood bank's recruitment representative, Erica, helped with student's paperwork before getting blood drawn. On November 5 at Cal State San Bernardino, student Kendrix Mangayat occupies herself with her phone while she waits to have her blood taken. CSUSB Administrative employee, Carlos Ramirez, … [Read more...] about Productive campus community blood drive
Blood Drive
Donate blood, give more life
On Wednesday, October 10, CSUSB teamed up with LifeStream Blood Bank to urge students and faculty to give more life by donating blood and platelets. In the United States, blood and platelets are highly needed for patient emergencies. That includes burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease. Ericka Alvarado, Regional Coordinator Development for LifeStream stated, “we are in extreme need of blood. As of today, we only have one day's worth of blood supply within the county of San Bernardino. We supply for 81 hospitals including Riverside County.” Not only does LifeStream strive for blood … [Read more...] about Donate blood, give more life
Blood drives saving lives one drop at a time
By Kevin Schaefer |Staff Writer| In honor of national blood donor month, LifeStream will be taking donations on campus Monday, Feb. 11 in front of the John M. Pfau Library. According to the American Red Cross, more than 44,000 blood donations are needed every day. The truth is that more than 500 donations of life saving blood are needed each day to meet emergency and ongoing patient needs in Southern California. In fact, every three to four seconds of every day, someone needs a blood transfusion. But, only about 37 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood. Unfortunately, only 5 percent actually do so. Locally, in Southern California, only 3 percent of … [Read more...] about Blood drives saving lives one drop at a time
Get on the Bus with the Newman’s
By Brent Thompson |Staff Writer| The Catholic Newman club held a blood drive on May 31 in the Sycamore room to help raise money for “Get on the Bus.” GOTB is a nonprofit organization which brings children and their guardians/ caregivers throughout the state of California to visit their mothers and fathers who are incarcerated in prison. For each pint donated by students and faculty the Hemacare Corporation will donate $20 to GOTB. “We'd like to get around 32 pints today. All the blood given will stay in Southern California but sometimes it will go to major catastrophes such as the recent tornadoes in the South and Midwest or the earthquake in Japan,” said Raquel Monterroso a … [Read more...] about Get on the Bus with the Newman’s