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The teachers and students at TSOTA recently held their first ever blood drive, which provided much needed support for Cascade Regional Blood Services and our community’s blood supply. The drive was such a great success that it was featured in the March 21 edition of the Tacoma Public Schools WEBUCATOR newsletter. Some of the pictures are shown below.
Tacoma School of the Arts (TSOTA) junior Angela Hardy rests while her blood is being drawn during TSOTA's very successful blood drive, while a group of her fellow students pose for a picture in front of the Cascade Regional Blood Services’ blood mobile used during the drive.
Debbie Shapiro, Health Facilitator/Community Service Coordinator and Humanities Instructor at the school took on the role as drive coordinator and had great expectations from the beginning. Because of a relatively small enrollment, the drive goal was set at 30, which Debbie assured us was far too low; she was right. The sign-ups grew so quickly that a blood mobile was needed in addition to the room already set up for the drive, and the goal was raised to 70. The students exceeded even that by registering 80 donors on the day of the drive, many times the number a school their size would expect to participate.
The TSOTA students weren’t the only ones to donate during the blood drive.
“Neighboring businesses provided snacks for people who gave blood,” said Shapiro. “Many thanks to Tosca Caffe, Cutter's Point, Abella's Pizza and Indochine. The day was a lot of fun for everyone and extremely successful. The units collected at this drive will help save the lives of many patients in our area hospitals. Community service is certainly alive and well at TSOTA.
A huge thank you to Debbie, the staff and students at TSOTA for a phenomenal and fun event.
Copyright 2005 Cascade Regional Blood Services
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