DRIVEN TO DONATE: : Santa Barbara Business College students Brittany Zeek, Carmen Mendoza, Lizbeth Regalado and Kathy Suchecki gave blood and helped others donate during the first of many “125 Pints for 125 Years” blood drives the school will be holding this year. Credit: PHOTO COURTESY OF SBBC

Students at the Santa Barbara Business College set their goal at 125 pints of blood for a series of blood drives celebrating the college’s 125th year. The college was able to collect 18 pints of blood with the help of United Blood Services of the Central Coast at its first drive on April 4.

DRIVEN TO DONATE: : Santa Barbara Business College students Brittany Zeek, Carmen Mendoza, Lizbeth Regalado and Kathy Suchecki gave blood and helped others donate during the first of many “125 Pints for 125 Years” blood drives the school will be holding this year. Credit: PHOTO COURTESY OF SBBC

The next drive will most likely take place in about two months, which is when the students who donated on the 4th will be able to donate again, said Monica Raymond, a spokesperson for SBBC.

The blood drive is just one of many events the college has scheduled for this year, and SBBC is encouraging the community to help by joining in the students’ blood donation effort.

“We’re trying to help the county with their blood shortage,” Raymond said.

United Blood Services was unable to return the Sun’s phone calls before press time. To learn more about donating blood or to find out when the next blood drive is, visit unitedbloodservices.org/goLocal.aspx and type in your zip code.

This article appears in Apr 11-18, 2013.

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