A tradition hosted by Student Council, this year’s fall blood drive exceeded the goal of 60 pints by five.

“It all went really smoothly,” junior and chairperson Grace Gallagher said. “You can walk in, or sign up for an appointment, and then check in and take a little survey, and you get your information checked out and then you donate blood.”

With 96 presenting donors, students and community members came together to contribute to a worthy cause.

“You’re doing a good thing for other people; it’s pretty selfless. You feel good about yourself afterwards,” Gallagher said.

This year’s online checking made the process go a little smoother for students. Since the  registration and materials are online for the blood drive, more community members were able to register to donate.

“We had a community member who donated, and this gentlemen before leaving made a very nice note and gave it to somebody and said ‘please make sure that students know this’ how much he appreciated speaking with them after giving his blood,” StuCo sponsor Leslie Campbell said. “He really loved the fact they he could interact with the high school students.”

There were a couple of K-State students and a soldier that came in to donate blood and then they got to relax and talk to high school students.

“That was different. We haven’t had that many members of the community come to the blood drive,” Campbell said.

After the blood drive, the Red Cross contacted Campbell to tell her how they were impressed with how smoothly everything went and the the high school involvement.