MCC campus and community turn out for first of academic year blood drive
Lauderdale County Sheriff Officer Ruston Russell returned to Meridian Community College
campus to give back – again.
“I work at the juvenile center – just down the road,” he explained as he was giving blood on why he came to MCC on the first day of the College’s Campus Life two-day blood drive. “It’s convenient,” he said.
Russell came to the campus in January to give blood during an earlier drive. Both times the driving factor is to help others; he explained he’d had family members who needed blood and thought he should give, too.
Thanks to the pandemic, many things in life have been canceled or re-arranged; however, the need for blood is in demand, so the College’s Campus Life department hosted the blood drive connected with Mississippi Blood Services.
“It’s been a banner drive,” said LeAnne Motes, campus life coordinator. Some 110 students, faculty and staff, and community members who participated.
“MCC has a proud tradition of giving back to the community in many ways. The blood drive is just one way to help ensure our community has everything it needs,” she said.