Students at Lima Central Catholic High School are giving back to others with a first-time donation.
The school teamed up with the American Red Cross for a blood drive. Students got the chance to give the gift of life as many donated for the first time. An event like this goes along with the school's mission of giving back. They say they are making a difference as 20-minutes of their time is saving lives.
LCC Senior Cassidy Meyer said, “Today I gave blood for the first time, I was really nervous because I’m not that great with needles but I figured I would give it a try. First, they stuck my finger and I did pretty good with that. Everyone was super nice and gave me a lot of advice, just to be calm and look away. And it was nice”
Annette Venturella is the school’s registered nurse and had this to say about the blood drive, “Our students really love coming down. They love donating. You know it's great for them. We have a lot of people come in from the community that also come and donate that day. But are students really enjoy it and we do have a good success rate with that.”
Lima Central Catholic holds three blood drives a year with the American Red Cross.
