{"id":633,"date":"2019-03-08T01:47:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T01:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/03\/08\/quinnipiac-students-donate-blood-this-week\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:35:12","slug":"quinnipiac-students-donate-blood-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/03\/08\/quinnipiac-students-donate-blood-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnipiac students donate blood this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kyle Levasseur<\/p>\n

Quinnipiac University students and members of the local community donated blood at the Mt. Carmel campus on Thursday, March 7. The Community Action Project<\/a> teams up with the American Red Cross for the blood drive twice a year as a way to give back to the community.<\/p>\n

The Community Action Project\u2019s co-directors Taylor Fay and Melissa Neves were busy signing people up throughout the day. Both are health science students at Quinnipiac and have special ties to donating blood.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Quinnipiac students donating blood with registered American Red Cross nurses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMy mom had breast cancer,\u201d Fay said. \u201cWe were on a family vacation and she wasn\u2019t feeling well so we brought her to the hospital and she actually had no white blood cells so she needed a lot of blood transfusions. Now I hope to pay it forward to others that need help.\u201d<\/p>\n

One donation of blood can save three lives according to the American Red Cross. That was enough for Neves to join the Community Action Project, even though she can get queasy when she sees needles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually fainted once,\u201d Neves said recalling one of the three times she gave blood. \u201cIf you can just put up with (the pain) for a little while, it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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