CAA holds blood drive

Thursday, JMU participated in a challenge between schools in the Colonial Athletic Association to collect the most amount of blood for the fourth annual CAA Blood Challenge.

 The challenge let each of the 12 conference schools select one day between Sept. 30 and Dec. 7 to hold a school-wide blood drive.

During the Oct. 13 JMU blood drive, Transitions in Warren Hall saw students line up to have their blood drawn. Sophomore Renee Cramer was among those who decided to donate. “I did it because it’s for a good cause,” she said.

A count was kept of all people who donated blood on that day. Once all the schools have had their blood drives, the CAA will count the results from each school and present the winning school with a trophy. 

Last year, the event resulted in 2,929 attempted donors and 2,114 productive units of blood from 10 CAA campuses. The University of Delaware has won every year since the challenge’s beginning in 2002. Last year, Delaware had 857 attempted donors and 588 units of blood collected.

                        —from staff reports