Eagles break state record for most blood donated
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Science teacher Dave Auston prepares to donate blood during the drive on March 13.
Photo by senior Robbie Bock |
 The Eagles placed themselves in the record books on March 13 after donating 253 pints of blood — a state record high for the public school category. New Trier High School, with an enrollment of about 6,000 students, is the only school that might pass LCHS during its drive March 14. If the Eagles can hang on to the lead, representatives from the school will be recognized by LifeSource Blood Services for the achievement later this year, said P.E. teacher Mike Gedville, an organizer of the event.
Sponsored by the newly established student group Athletes Committed to Excellence, the fall and spring blood drives combined to qualify LCHS for about $4,000 in scholarship money, which will be awarded to a senior male and a senior girl at the end of the school year. Gedville said the goal was to raise about 200 pints, which is 23 more than the 177 collected last fall. He attributed the high turnout to first-time donors and sophomores, many who have turned the required age of 16 years old since last fall's drive.
Blood drive organizers plan to use this accomplishment to motivate students to break the record time and time again.
"There's always room to improve," said Gedville.
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