On Thursday, June 1, Student Commission helped host this semester’s blood drives in Poly’s big gym. The blood donated went to Cedars-Sinai blood donor services for people in need of blood in hospitals.
To be a donor, students needed to be 16 years old and 135 pounds or more with a signed consent form and a valid picture ID or 17 years or older and at least 110 pounds.
Commissioner and junior Ha “Caitlin” Lam said usually 250 students donate, but this semester approximately 300 people each donated a pint of blood. Students who donated were rewarded with either a free shirt or a free pint of Baskin-Robbins ice cream.
Lam said, “We contacted them a year in advance to let them know we wanted to donate. Poly loves community service.”
Sophomore Aren Jacob Agoncillo, who donated blood, said, “I wanted to give blood because I was told that I have a blood type that’s very rare and I could give it to anyone and I just wanted to help the people who need it.”
Sophomore donor Cohan Gifford Manzon said, “I donated because I was willing to do anything to help someone and it’s not that hard just to give back to whoever needs it… I wasn’t nervous at first but then I saw the blood coming out and my arm started getting tired but I kept going because I knew it was for a good cause.”
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