MC WINS ANNUAL MONMOUTH - KNOX BLOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE
Release Date:
November 1, 2001
Although the annual
“Bronze Turkey Game” between Monmouth and Knox is still a week away, students on the Monmouth
College campus can already celebrate an important victory.
According to statistics
released from the American Red Cross, Monmouth won the annual “Blood Drop Challenge,” in which
the two schools compete to donate the most units of blood to the Red Cross each fall.
The challenge, which
began in 1992, saw an increase in donors due in part to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the
United States.
“It’s great to see
students, faculty and the community turn out each year to support the Red Cross,” said Mike
Olson, Monmouth College director of wellness. “It’s always nice for us to beat Knox, but this
year what impressed me most was the high level of patriotism the donors displayed. Many of
them had to wait over an hour to donate because of the number of people we had turn out.”
The official numbers
from the Monmouth College event on Sept. 28 were 216 units collected from 256 donors, while
the Knox drive on Oct. 30 collected 125 units from 152 donors. Those numbers reflect 20
percent of the Monmouth enrollment and 12 percent of the Knox students.
Student director of
wellness interns Jason Robinson said “It’s always a tremendous incentive when you compete with
Knox, and with the events of Sept. 11 fresh in our minds, it made our students more determined
than ever to have a big turnout.”
Each year the Red Cross
awards a traveling plaque to the school that wins the Blood Drop Challenge, and Olson is quick
to point out that Monmouth has won the challenge every year with the exception of 1995.
Released
by the Office of College Communications
Barry McNamara, Associate Director of College Communications
Phone: 309-457-2117
Fax: 309-457-2330
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