NEMCC blood drive comes at crucial time
BOONEVILLE, Miss. -- (01/13/2022) — For those with a New Year's resolution to help those in need, the Northeast Mississippi Community College Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society is providing the perfect opportunity.
Northeast's Phi Theta Kappa will kick off its tri-annual blood drives with its first drive of 2022 on January 25 and January 26 in the Black and Gold Room of the Haney Union on the college's Booneville campus.
Northeast's blood drive comes at a crucial time as the American Red Cross declared its first-ever national blood crisis during the second week of January.
With donations down over 10-percent since the start of the global pandemic in 2020, the Red Cross states that certain blood types are so low that there is not a day's supply on hand for medical facilities across the country.
Blood donors can stymie that trend by taking part in the Northeast blood drive.
Appointments are highly recommended due to COVID protocols but walk-ups will be accepted.
Masks are required for all patients and staff and social distancing measures will be adhered to during the donation.
To make an appointment, visit http://donors.vitalant.org and enter the Blood Drive Code: "NEMCC."
Appointments are open from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. each day.
Northeast's Phi Theta Kappa is coming off a successful blood drive in the fall where Northeast and Itawamba Community College combined to raise almost 100 donations for blood for local blood banks in the northeast Mississippi area.
Northeast produced 59 blood donations during a three-day "Out for Blood" blood drive September 20-22 while Itawamba was able to muster 37 donations.
While Northeast took the honor of winning the Out for Blood blood drive, the real winners were the local blood banks in the Northeast Mississippi area.
Vitalant has seen a significant increase in blood usage at area hospitals during the global coronavirus pandemic and will return to the Northeast campus two more times in during 2022.
With blood supplies reaching critical levels, the Northeast's blood drive comes at a crucial time for the area blood banks as organizations are seeing fewer mobile blood drives than normal due to the coronavirus pandemic and few educational institutions are hosting blood drives.
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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College
Northeast Mississippi Community College, located in Booneville, Mississippi, is continually moving forward.
In the spring of 2020, Northeast became just one of four community colleges in the world to reach the prestigious Apple Distinguished School designation. NEMCC was the recipient of the Ellucian Impact Award for 2020 that recognizes the college's advancements in technology and is the only school in the nation to receive the award with the second award going to the University of Greenwich in London and Kent, United Kingdom.
Northeast has been named one of the top colleges and universities in Mississippi and was recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as the Healthiest Workplace in Mississippi as it pertains to colleges and universities.
In addition to being one of the top colleges and universities in the nation, OnlineColleges.com recognized Northeast as the top school in the state of Mississippi for online education out of all colleges and universities, including four-year colleges and universities.
ZIPPIA has honored Northeast as the top community college in Mississippi in preparing students for the workforce and Northeast became the first college or university to offer a Z-degree (zero textbook cost) degree in the state of Mississippi as well.
Northeast athletics can also boast that it is home to a new ultramodern baseball and softball facility and currently holds the record for largest video boards for both sports in the community college ranks in the state.
The Chronicle of Higher Education has designated the college as one of its 'Best Places to Work For,' and CollegeChoice.net has named Northeast a Top 25 Community and Junior College in the country while The Center for Digital Education has recognized Northeast as a Top 10 Digital Community College in the nation.
Campus Labs recently named Northeast as one of two educational institutions in the nation as a Campus Labs Trailblazer Award honoree. The Campus Labs Trailblazer Award is based on the college creating a culture of assessment on campus through Campus Labs Planning to increase institutional adoption, focus on continuous improvement, and closing the loop in the institutional assessment priorities.
For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.