A group of students graduating from Halifax West High School are celebrating the milestone by banding together to donate blood.
The graduates and their parents are making the largest group donation ever in Halifax, according to the Canadian Blood Services.
“It feels awesome,” said Cole Oakley. “When you get poked it hurts, but after that though it feels great knowing all this is going to a good cause.”
Oakley said he donated blood for the first time in March, but going with friends and family made the experience even better.
“I did it by myself last time, but doing it as a group feels like a field trip and then you’re all there saving lives,” he said. “That’s the most important thing, we’re saving lives.”
Oakley says the initiative is also bringing the community together. The students and their parents are part of a group called 333 Lifesavers based in Prospect, N.S.
More than 60 members arrived at the donor centre Saturday morning after sharing breakfast.
For many of them, it was their first time giving blood.
“It was a little bit of a nervous experience,” said graduate Logan Romans.
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