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GSU student hopes to earn scholarship by organizing blood drive

When Lana Yelina lived in Belarus, she only gave blood once.

“There was an organization that came to the University I was studying at that was collecting blood for the hospital,” she said.

Now living in the United States, Yelina is a student at Georgia Southern and has taken on the responsibility of organizing a blood drive for the American Red Cross on the campus of Georgia Southern University.

And depending on how many people donate at her drive, she should be eligible for a $2,000 scholarship from the American Red Cross.

However, Yelina said she didn’t even know about the potential scholarship money when she was approached by a professor to organize a drive.

“I knew that the Red Cross experiences a blood shortage every summer and then I learned they need type-O and type-B blood,” she said.

The blood drive will be Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the atrium of the Information Technology Building at Georgia Southern.

Yelina has spent the past few weeks promoting the drive, including setting up information tables in the atrium of the Information Technology building as well emailing students and professors on campus and passing out flyers.

Currently the Red Cross is experiencing a critical shortage with blood levels at slightly more than day’s supply.

“We’re expecting our supply to drop again,” said Nancy Martin, senior account manager for blood services for the American Red Cross. “We had a lot of procedures that weren’t done last week because of the (July 4) holiday. Those will probably pick back up so there’s a good chance our supplies will continue to drop.”

Martin said Yelina’s willingness to organize a blood drive without knowing about the potential scholarship money shows the kind of person she is.

“She believes in what she’s doing,” Martin said. “When you have a person who, either through personal experience or an altruistic nature, wants do something to help others, they’re going to be successful in life.”

“Lana is so grateful for the opportunity to pursue her interests after coming from a country where she didn’t have those opportunities,” Martin said. “I really admire her.”

For her part, Yelina said she understands the difference a single person can make in the community.

“I realize that community service is important for each of us,” she said. “I understand that I can help so many people who I don’t know. There are so many ill people in hospitals and everyone can help,” she said.

Yelina said she’s given blood twice in the past and plans to continue to do so at every opportunity.

Source: www.statesboroherald.net

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