University well-suited, active in blood donations
By Farrar Pace | April 9, 2014“Needles don’t really bug me,” said Lauren Odegaard, a first-year in the School of Nursing. Odegaard was just one of many donors who did not mind needles at an ROTC blood drive on March 27th. The event, organized by Kaitlyn McQuade, a fourth-year Nursing student in Army ROTC, collected blood specifically for active military personnel, veterans, and their families, the second such drive McQuade has organized at UVa. McQuade said that she was inspired by an Armed Services Blood Program drive she saw in Washington state while undergoing ROTC training there.