The Chadron High School blood drive was held on January 30th and had a very good turnout. There were a total of 91 donors. The Health Professions Club had a goal to beat Alliance's blood drive in which they had 70 donors. Mrs. Hinrichs said that this was more than what she had expected, she was not sure we would get that many. Although Chadron's true goal was 97 donors, 91 was a great success. The Health Professions club would have exceeded the goal of 97 if it would not have been for people getting turned away for physical conditions such as a heart problem.

Mrs. Hinrichs said that they best thing was seeing how many students tried it for the first time. She said that it was also good for the younger students to be able to see it, and hopefully they will do it when they are old enough to. She hopes that by having the blood drive the students will get used to donating and will continue to donate through out their life. Overall the students enjoyed it. Many of the students were scared, but now that they have tried it, hopefully they will continue.

Many students said they would be willing to do it again. Chelsey Foulk said she is willing to give her blood to anyone that needs it. Tara Ledbetter said that she may take more time sitting down, but she would do it again. Stuart Enos said that it was not bad, and he got to sit next to Bill O'Boyle, so it was good.

Mrs. Hinrichs would like to make the blood drive an annual event. She would also like to thank all the students and teachers that donated, the workers that helped, the teachers that gave up their rooms and the teachers that opened their rooms for other classes to move to, the custodial department, Mr. Osborn for allowing HPC to have the event, and everyone else that was involved.