Blood donation: UP in the second place
The awarding ceremony of the 8th National Blood Donation Competition for higher education institutions took place on the 14th of June, 2014. According to the announcement, the University of Pécs managed to better its position even more and to take the silver medal this year.
The National Blood Donation Competition was launched in 2005 with the aim of the Hungarian Red Cross and the National Blood Service to make more young people join the blood donation movement and become a regular donor.
The winning institution of the "bloody fight" was the one which was capable of activating the highest proportion of its full-time students to become blood donors during the entire academic year.
In the year 2013/14, a total number of 38 higher education institutions competed in three categories: less than 1 000 participants, between 1 000 and 10 000, and over 10 000. The University of Pécs competed in the last, greatest category and ended up in the second best place.
Besides blood donation, the campaign emphasized the importance of role models and healthy lifestyle. Endorsers of the 8th National Higher Education Blood Donation Competition were Zsuzsanna Jakabos, European Champion and Olympic swimmer andTamás Rozsonits, student of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, who has been a regular blood donor since he was 18. As a representative of the UP, Gábor Zag was acknowledged with a certificate for his eagerness in organizing blood donation activities in the past few years.
In the name of the UP, we would like to thank all our donors who gave blood for a good cause!