BY BRISA RENTERIA, staff writer
They’d done this before, but they’d never been this successful.
After several days of recruiting, over 180 people had signed up for the orchestra’s blood drive, to be held on Oct. 15.
On the day of the drive, the van was packed. Everything was going according to plan - until it wasn’t.
Unfortunately, a vandalism incident occurred during the blood drive, which caused everybody to be on lockdown for the whole day. Nobody could leave the vans, until they were told it was clear.
By the time it was over, only 18 students had donated blood, but on Oct. 23 the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center returned to finish what they started.
“We had such a huge turnout, bigger than I anticipated,” orchestra director Katherine Reiner said. “I’m so glad we got to make our blood drive happen after all. I saw a lot of happy faces that day.”
They’d done this before, but they’d never been this successful.
After several days of recruiting, over 180 people had signed up for the orchestra’s blood drive, to be held on Oct. 15.
On the day of the drive, the van was packed. Everything was going according to plan - until it wasn’t.
Unfortunately, a vandalism incident occurred during the blood drive, which caused everybody to be on lockdown for the whole day. Nobody could leave the vans, until they were told it was clear.
By the time it was over, only 18 students had donated blood, but on Oct. 23 the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center returned to finish what they started.
“We had such a huge turnout, bigger than I anticipated,” orchestra director Katherine Reiner said. “I’m so glad we got to make our blood drive happen after all. I saw a lot of happy faces that day.”