{"id":22130031,"date":"2024-09-06T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T19:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=22130031"},"modified":"2024-09-06T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:57:22","slug":"president-cantwell-urges-donations-at-annual-blood-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/president-cantwell-urges-donations-at-annual-blood-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"President Cantwell urges donations at annual Blood Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week Utah State University is hosting the 21st annual Blood Battle in collaboration with Weber State University. The blood drive is a competition between the two universities to bring in the most donations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American Red Cross invites donors of all blood types to address a critical blood shortage in the United States. According to a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Cross press release<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, its national blood inventory \u201cplummeted more than 25% in July.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several factors including record summer heat and natural disasters contribute to this crisis. The Red Cross \u201ccontinues to face the fewest number of people donating blood in the past two decades.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USU President Elizabeth Cantwell donated at Blood Battle earlier this week and urges students and Cache Valley community members to do the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen I was donating blood a couple days ago there weren’t a lot of people in the blood donation center,\u201d Cantwell said. \u201cWe need more people to go. It’s something we can do that serves every other citizen of the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article published by PennState Health News<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Dr. Melissa George, medical director of transfusion medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, emphasized that young adults are vital to increasing blood donation trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have a desperate, desperate need for young, healthy donors. Many blood donors are retirees, and we lose more and more of them each year due to their own health conditions,\u201d George said. \u201cWe need to get the younger generations to be committed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cantwell hopes that the friendly competition between USU and WSU will act as an additional incentive for people to donate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe should be able to win this,\u201d Cantwell said. \u201cWe have more students, we have more faculty and staff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the blood drive is a competition between universities, members of the community are welcome and encouraged to participate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe blood donation center is open to anybody,\u201d Cantwell said. \u201cIf you want to donate blood here and be part of the blood battle with Weber, absolutely come on up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Red Cross, all blood types are needed, \u201cespecially types O positive and O negative, as well as platelet donations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For anyone who would like to participate in Blood Battle, the last opportunity to donate is Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Appointments are available online on the Universities’ website,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0but walk-ins are also welcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow is the time to get into the habit of being a blood donor,\u201d Cantwell said. \u201cIt\u2019s a gateway habit to so many other kinds of lifelong service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Utah State University is hosting the 21st annual Blood Battle in collaboration with Weber State University. 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