COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio State’s school spirit is being put to the test: the second year of the We Give Blood campaign started on Wednesday morning at the Ohio Union.

“We want to win this thing, alright?" Versiti Area Vice President and Director of Donor Services Joe Gantz said. "We came in fifth last year and the state up north might have got us, but we're going to come back and we're going to get them this year. So we're excited and we're going to come out swinging in 2025."

All 18 Big Ten universities are in a race to see which school can donate the most blood. The winning school will get $1 million to advance student or community health.

Organizers said someone needs blood every two seconds, but some blood centers have less than a day's supply. The number of young people donatin

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