Sept. 27, 2012. Update: The sixth annual Appalachian State University Homecoming Blood Drive happened yesterday. The American Red Cross and ASU set new records at the blood drive, collecting 1,315 pints of blood.
BY PAUL T. CHOATE
Sept. 27, 2012. The sixth annual Appalachian State University Homecoming Blood Drive happened yesterday. The American Red Cross and Appalachian State University set new records at the blood drive, collecting 1,315 pints of blood.
Last year’s blood drive set a then-state record for the highest amount of blood collected in a single day with 1,261 units. That figure was also good for the eighth most units ever collected nationally at a blood drive. Additionally, it set the 2011 record for the most units collected at a university sponsored blood drive that year. See photo gallery…
Photo by Ken Ketchie
Sept. 5, 2012. The 14th annual Blood, Sweat and Gears bike race, held on June 23, generated $67,510 in total net proceeds and donated 85.2 percent of those proceeds. Donations included $50,000 to the Watauga chapter of the American Red Cross and $7,500 to various local volunteer fire departments and the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office.
BY PAUL T. CHOATE