Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Red Cross has seen a significant decline in blood donations, resulting in a National Blood Shortage.Â
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Vitalant Blood drive scholarship offered to fight COVID-19
A new scholarship is being offered to students to encourage blood donations, specifically convalescent plasma, to help current COVID-19 patients heal from the virus. The scholarship of up to $1,000 is available until Feb. 28. The scholarship is being hosted and organized by Vitalant, a nonprofit blood services provider. To qualify for the COVID Rescue […]
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You’ve seen the blood drives on campus. But just how much blood do students give?
Every quarter, University Housing (UH) and Vitalant, a leading blood drive organization on campus, partner to retain rates for blood donations in student housing.
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5 highlights from Cal Poly's Greek Week
Cal Poly’s Greek community based the week on The Hunger Games and divided into separate “districts” to compete against each other to see what fraternity and sorority will raise the most money.
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We want your blood: students give blood in Poly Canyon
Students lined up in Poly Canyon Village (PCV) to donate blood at the first of three blood drives held on campus on Wednesday.