Wodonga TAFE students have encouraged their peers and teachers to become blood, organ and tissue donors as part of their project.
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The group, undertaking a Certificate IV in community services, were tasked with running an event around a particular issue.
'Blood 4 the Border' was what they came up with and hosting Red Cross and DonateLife on campus.
"The aim was to create a sense of community at the TAFE and raise awareness of the need for donors," student Sonya Carter said.
"It's been an eight-week process to bring it all together."
Teacher Cathy Prior said it had been highly successful.
"They aimed to get 30 blood and 20 organ and tissue donors, and in one hour they were able to get 20 blood and 26 organ donors," she said.
"The students went around to classrooms dressed in costume and spoke about the cause.
"People have been quick to say they're already signed up or that they were thinking about doing it - this was the push they needed."
Some of the misconceptions about donating that were addressed included that a person's donation status is listed on their license - which is no longer the case - and that those with tattoos can not donate (that only applies for 12 months afterwards).
"One of the other things we spoke to people about was have the conversation - a lot said they were donors but hadn't spoken about it with family," Ms Prior said.
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"It's important people do that."
The students also raised hundreds of dollars by hosting Halloween games and covering their own costs so the TAFE event budget could also be given to Donate Life and Red Cross.
