352 pints of blood were obtained from students and others last Monday through Wednesday.
“We beat last time by about 50 units,” Torrez said enthusiastically.
Cerritos clubs did a phenomenal job bringing people into the donation area.
Torrez called the student support phenomenal and wanted to emphasize how much impact club involvement had on the high turnout
Clubs have been involved in recruiting donors for more than five years.
The club that signs up the most people to go to the donation area and inquire about donating will receive a prize.
The winner receives the Crystal Drop Award during the Activities Awards Banquet and a pizza party for the club, Torrez said.
Rewarding donors and people that aid Red Cross efforts is nothing new.
It has offered rewards to clubs for years now in Cerritos and always have individual incentives for donors, Torrez said.
Aside from being able to feel good about what you’ve done, and some free refreshments after the donation, the Red Cross usually offers an extra perk to get more people thinking about donation.
“They gave us a free appetizer at Mimi’s Café,” Crystal Garcia, zoology major, said describing a thank-you gift she received last week for donating blood.
Many times, gifts take the shape of gift cards, event tickets and frequent donor points.
This frequent donor points program gives back to donors by allowing them to collect points toward purchasing anything in the Red Cross online store.
You can get anything from shirts to emergency preparedness kits with your points and can expect them to reach anywhere in the U.S. two to three weeks later.
“The more you give, the more you get,” Garcia added.
She has been part of the points program for a while and says it’s nice to receive things for doing a good deed.
The next blood drive at Cerritos will be Nov. 17 to Nov. 19, but the Red Cross has other centers open all the time. For more information, visit www.redcross.org/en/ or call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.
