Remington College 3 Lives Blood Drive Campaign Collects More than 1,800 Pints of Blood in 2014
3 Lives campaign highlights the need for minority blood donors.
- Orlando, FL (1888PressRelease) February 03, 2015 - Remington College has wrapped up its 2014 3 Lives blood drive campaign, netting 1,812 pints of blood collected at campus blood drives throughout the year.
The Remington College 3 Lives campaign is an effort to increase the number of minority blood donors, and its partners include America's Blood Centers and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.
3 Lives gets its name from the fact that one pint of donated blood can save as many as three lives. The effort has resulted in more than 12,000 pints of blood collected since the campaign began five years ago. That amount of blood is enough to save more than 36,000 lives.
Each Remington College campus holds multiple 3 Lives blood drives each year. All the blood collected goes to local hospitals and medical centers in the communities where the drives are held.
3 Lives puts an emphasis on recruiting minority donors. According to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, African American donors provide blood with unique antigens that are vital for people with sickle cell disease and other blood disorders. Sickle cell disease affects more than 70,000 people in the U.S.
Across the U.S. the need for blood is high - someone needs blood every two seconds - but only about 5% of eligible donors regularly donate blood. Minority donors are in very high demand.
For more on Remington College, please visit www.remingtoncollege.edu or call 1-800-448-6405.
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About Remington College
Non-profit Remington College, headquartered in Heathrow, FL operates 19 college campuses throughout the United States offering career focused diploma, bachelor and associate degree programs in a variety of career fields. For more information, please visit remingtoncollege.edu. For the latest news about Remington College, visit facebook.com/remingtoncollege. Remington College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and other school administered programs.
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