Chapter Spotlight: Life-saving Initiatives at NCCA HOSA

For National Blood Donor Month of January 2024, Newton College and Career Academy HOSA have been actively combatting the need for blood supply. In doing so, we are holding four blood drives through 2023-2024. For the past year, we had two successful blood drives, one with the American Red Cross on September 29, 2023, and a second with LifeSouth on November 3, 2023. During the September blood drive with the American Red Cross, our donors donated 24 pints of blood, saving 72 lives. By November with LifeSouth, our donors increased their donations to 30 pints of blood, which, in turn, saved 90 lives. Additionally, NCCA HOSA will be holding their last 2 blood drives with the American Red Cross on January 19, 2024, and LifeSouth on March 22, 2024. With these next 2 blood drives, we strive to continue our successful donations by acquiring more volunteers to donate and saving more lives so we can help relieve the current national blood supply shortage.