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Help Save Lives! 

Did you know that donating one pint of blood

can help save 2 - 3 lives?

 

2023 - 2024 School Year Blood Drive Schedule:

  • To be determined - COVID-19 Permitting & IBOE Approval Required

 

 

The Irvington High School students and staff donated:

  •  13 pints of blood in November 2018
  •  14 pints of blood in April 2019
  •  2020 - drive canceled due to the pandemic
  •  2021 - no drive due to the pandemic
  •  2022 - no drive due to the pandemic
  •  2023 - no drive
  •  Look for the return of the Blood Drive in 2024!

 

Thank you! 

 

 

Useful information:

  • Will donate 1 pint, we have approximately 8 - 10 pints (adults have more than children)
  • It takes about 55 days to regenerate the pint donated
  • Sterile process, use single use needles only
  • Students must weigh 110 lbs.
  • Takes about 15 minutes to donate (the whole process can take about 45 - 60 minutes).
  • Donors need to eat breakfast or lunch before donating 
  • Donors will be given snacks and something to drink after donating
  • Students 16 (16 & 17 year olds need parental permission/get permission slip from Mr. Romano) and older can donate
  • All student donor's will have to get the permission of their teacher to donate.  Get permission slips from Mr. Romano.
  • Donors will need to have a picture ID, license, or demographic printout from PowerSchool.
  • Donors should eat foods high in iron (red meat, spinach, collards, dried fruit, iron-rich cereals, turkey, beans) at least one week before they donate (or risk the chance of being rejected if their hemoglobin count is low)
  • Tattoos and piercings: as long as it was done by a licensed business, it would be okay to donate.