Blood Drive
By Caitlin Clinard

It’s not unusual for the Dean Smith Center to bustle with activity, but Tuesday it was blood donors and not basketball fans who packed the house.

The arena looked a little different as the 18th annual blood drive took to the court. The drive is the largest of its kind on the East Coast. In total, it raised almost 1,000 units of blood. The blood will go directly to UNC Hospitals and the local community. Chapel Hill carpenter, Andy Alberti, said everyone should consider giving blood.

“ I don’t mind giving of myself a little bit. It seems like an easy enough thing to do to give blood to accident victims and people in the hospital,” he said.

Typically, fewer people donate in the summer so this time of year is a challenging time for the hospital, making the success of this effort even more important.