The school hosted the annual blood drive March 2. South has been hosting a blood drive for at least 20 years.

Angi Verstraete, FACS teacher, along with students from SASH and GSA hosted the blood drive.

The blood drive was sponsored by the Community Blood Center, Jimmy Johns, Hy-Vee, and Culvers of Olathe, and supported by SASH and GSA.Maryssa Rollin, Cheyenne Boyd-Baggerly, and Ryan O’Grady, seniors, are a few of the students that worked at the blood drive.

Students who wish to donate blood that are 16 years old need to have parent permission. There is a height requirement of at least 4’ 10” and weight requirement of at least 110 pounds for women and men. Participants also have to be healthy.

The Community Blood Center provides services to over 70 hospitals and the blood that is donated stays in the Kansas City area.

Last year the blood drive earned 156 pints of blood, which was under the goal of 175 pints. This years blood drive earned 99 units of blood.

“Any blood drive is a success,” Verstraete said and she would like to especially thank the sponsors for supporting the blood drive.

All blood types are accepted, but O negative is the universal blood type.

During the time of the blood drive, four to eight students help work each hour while the drive is going on. Students that work the blood drive will be checking people in, walking donors back to class and working the refreshments table.

The next blood drive will be Nov. 9, 2018.