St. FX University has officially joined a friendly challenge with 106 colleges and universities aimed at boosting donations of blood in Canada.
It’s called the Fall Get Together Campaign which encourages Canadians to donate blood as a group or your campus. The Community Development Manager for PEI and Nova Scotia for Canadian Blood Services, Deborah MacGillivray, says it is all part of an effort to attract one million new donors in the next five years.
MacGillivray says there will also be a Hockey Gives Blood event to raise awareness about blood donations at an upcoming X-Women Hockey home game on Friday.
Canadian Blood Services is also planning a blood donor clinic in Antigonish this month on November 18th, 19th and 20th.
St. FX students can register for the Fall Get Together Campaign by following this link: blood.ca/GetTogether