St. Johns High School hosts summer blood drive on July 21

St. Johns High School will host a summer blood drive in the auditorium lobby on Tuesday, July 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The campus at 360 Redskin Drive in St. Johns will serve as the collection site, and the school is asking donors to make appointments through Vitalant before they come in.

The school’s live feed thanked residents for their ongoing support of the event and told donors, “Your donation saves lives!” Vitalant’s scheduling number for the drive is 1-877-25-VITAL, or 1-877-258-4825, and the blood drive code is stjohn.

Vitalant promoted Arizona’s largest blood drive on July 5 in Tempe to replenish inventory after the Fourth of July holiday, the lowest week of the summer for blood donations. Vitalant also said on July 7 that its type O blood supply had fallen to a two-year low and urged donors to make appointments. The group says every two seconds someone in the United States receives a blood transfusion.

Vitalant’s Arizona High School Blood Drive Challenge is sponsored by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Arizona has more than 500 high schools, according to the Arizona Charter Schools Association. Vitalant serves 100% of hospitals in Maricopa County, according to the association.

St. Johns High School has hosted blood drives before. A previous live-feed post scheduled one for Wednesday, January 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the same auditorium lobby, using the same Vitalant phone number and blood-drive code. Another earlier school post also promoted a drive at the high school from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and sent donors to Vitalant. Donors can reserve a spot now through Vitalant by phone or online and use the code stjohn when they book.