On Thursday, April 4th, Steele had its final blood drive of the year and there were a few students waiting to go back to class after getting their blood drawn.

Out of the three students questioned only one had done this before and his name is Mario Casados. Mario is a senior and says his first time was around the age of fifteen.

“It was pretty scary seeing the big needle and all the blood… knowing I’m helping to save lives kind of makes it all worth it,” Casados said.

Casados says his experience was “quick and easy” and that he would “advocate for more people to donate more blood.”

Sean Ikea-Moore, a junior, also agrees with this. Sean says his experience was quick and easy as well, and he feels good knowing he donated blood since “some people don’t have the liberty or chance to get the help they need,” and knowing these people, people in need, are benefiting from him gives him a good feeling.

This feeling seems to be universal for the majority of blood donors, like another, Amira Calderon. Amira is a junior and comes from a group of people who also donate blood.

“I feel really happy because a lot of people in my family donate blood and they always say it gives them this feeling like they’re helping other people and I wanted that,” Calderon said.