UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE HOSTS BIGGEST ONE-DAY BLOOD DRIVE ON DELMARVA
1000 blood donors expected at 9th annual CAA Blood Challenge November 17
Newark, DE - With a goal of recruiting 1000 blood donors in one day, the University of Delaware is hoping to land its fifth win in the 9th Annual CAA Blood Challenge on Wednesday, November 17 from 7:30am to 8:00pm. UD will hold the all-day blood drive in the Trabant University Center's multipurpose rooms at 17 West Main Street in Newark.
The Challenge pits the University of Delaware against eleven other schools in the Colonial Athletic Association. It requires each college or university to pick one day during the fall to conduct a campus-wide blood drive. The school with the most blood donations wins. Last year, UD recruited 900 blood donors.
"If you ask me, this is one of the most inspirational events of the year. For more than 12 hours, hundreds of students pour into University of Delaware's Trabant Center to selflessly give of themselves and save lives," said Bob Travis, Blood Bank president and CEO. "It makes me proud to be a part of this community."
All Blood Bank of Delmarva donor centers are closed during the CAA Blood Challenge and most employees work at the event in some capacity.
The competition was initiated in 2002 by the University of Delaware. UD won the first four years of the Challenge but was narrowly defeated by Drexel University for the last four. The other competing schools include: College of William and Mary, Hofstra University, Drexel University, George Mason University, Towson University, Northeastern University, Georgia State University, James Madison University, Old Dominion University, UNC Wilmington, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Over the past eight years, the CAA Blood Challenge has resulted in a total of 22,101 units of blood for the schools' local communities.
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