MU’s Homecoming Blood Drive collected a record-breaking 4,744 units of blood in four days, @mizzouhomecoming announced on its Instagram on Oct. 13. This is nearly 700 more units than 2022 and double 2021’s number. 

This year’s homecoming blood drive marked MU’s 40th year collaborating with the Red Cross, and 38th blood drive. This year, student organizations only had to meet a 60% attempted participation rate to receive full points towards their rank in the homecoming competition, as opposed to previous years where 100% participation was required. 

There is one more opportunity to give blood, at the Callaway County Satellite Homecoming Blood Drive on Oct. 22 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

MU also broke the record of most cans collected with this year’s food drive, the Tiger Food Fight, which the homecoming committee also posted on its Instagram. The drive collected 132,597 pounds of canned food, tripling the previous record and marking the largest canned food drive for the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. 

MU began collaborating with the food bank in 1994 at the recommendation of former football coach, Larry Smith. 

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