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Students spill blood for cash
By Amy Francis
Knappen staff writer
Kansan staff writer
For more than a year and a half, some people in Lawrence have been giving a little bit of themselves for money.
The North American Biologicals Inc. Lawrence Donor Center, 814 W. 24th St., pays people $10 for a unit of their plasma and $15 to a first-time donor with a coupon for the next month. The same month receive $20 because the plasma is used for testing.
The center has been paying for plasma since Sept. 18, 1989, when it first opened.
A unit of plasma is 550 to 820 milliliters, depending on the donor's size. Plasma is the part of blood that contains proteins that carry antibodies and blood-clotting agents. It is mostly water.
NABI runs 31 centers nationwide. The corporation opened their Lawrence center in September 1989 because of the large number of KU and Haskell Indian Junior High in the area, said Darin Komma, assistant manager.
"It was one of the first centers they targeted at a student population." Komma said.
Students make up about 40 percent of the donors, he said.
The center has not changed much since it opened, said Greg Davis, an NABI Lawrence center phlebotomist.
"I started about a week after it opened," said Davis, a Kingman junior. "When we opened, we had 15 beds. Now it's closed."
But the people who donate seem the same. Davis said, "We're getting a lot of first-time donors, but it still
Komma said that about 500 to 600 people donated each week during the school year and that 400 a week donated during vacations.
“There’s a few people who do it because it is a helpful thing, but most do it for the money,” Davis said.
Komma said, "When it really comes down to it, people do it for the money."
Lee Trent, Salem, Ore., sophomore, said he donated to get a little spending money.
'It beats getting a job,' Trent said.
it beats getting a job. Trent said.
Mike Watson, Lawrence resident, said he had donated
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Roxanne Barringer of the Lawrence Donor Center measures the protein level in a blood sample.
plasma since 1982. when he lived in Texas.
paused, now ringing, "where are not the friends,
"I've been coming here since the middle of last year," he said.
Watson said he donated about twice a week. He works the graveyard shift at the Lawrence Paper Co. and donates for extra money.
"No matter how big the check is, it never lasts until the end of the month," he said.
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