Wadsworth High School’s National Honor Society held its first blood drive of the year on Thursday, Oct. 9. The NHS works with the Red Cross to collect Wadsworth students’ blood.

“I am co-advisor of National Honor Society, and every year the National Honor Society sponsors two blood drives, and I do the October drive, and Mr. Singleton does the February Drive,” Anne Rosenberger, a teacher at Wadsworth High School, said.

The blood drive takes place in the gym, with a sign-in desk, tarps on the floor, cots, waiting chairs, a private screening area, and food for the donors. The food came from members of the NHS.

“My National Honor Society executive Board, they come in early in the morning, we get here at 6 a.m., and they help me set up and the Red Cross workers help set up as well,” Rosenberger said.

One of the donors is Madison Holland, a senior at Wadsworth who has participated in three blood drives this year.

“I am interested in the medical field, so it is just a way for me to give back, and I know it is going to a good cause,” Holland said.

The blood drive had 89 students sign in to donate, and more students walked in. Wadsworth’s blood drive usually donates 70 pints of blood.

“We usually do pretty well,” Rosenberger said. “Our drives are not big, but we get a lot of students donating power red, which is double blood, so that helps quite a bit. But we are usually very successful for a small drive.”

Wyatt Osborn, a senior, was one of the power red donors.

“Mostly just because it is a good cause, and I know people can use blood,” Osborn said.