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Thank you to all Tacoma School of the Arts High School (SOTA) blood donors, administrators, staff and our blood drive sponsoring group, Debbie Shapiro’s Health Classes. At their February 18 blood drive, SOTA registered 135 donors;94 were first-time donors for CRBS and our community! These are very impressive results since enrollment at SOTA is just under 500 students. That means approximately 25 percent of the student body participated in the blood drive, which is considerably higher than the results at most of our school drives!
Special thanks to Debbie Shapiro, SOTA’s Health/Humanities teacher and blood drive coordinator. Debbie coordinated a field trip for all four health classes to tour the Tacoma Donor Center where they learned about the donation process, how CRBS processes blood after it’s donated and CRBS’s role in the community. Inspired by the tour, the students used their individual talents to promote, recruit and execute their very successful drive. SOTA’s contributions to CRBS directly support the MultiCare & Franciscan hospitals in our communities, which includes St. Joseph Medical Center and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Center. SOTA donors save lives!
Take a look at SOTA’s original blood drive artwork below:
On Friday, March 5, Tacoma School of the Arts High School held their largest blood drive ever, registering 145 donors! SOTA has a total enrollment of just under 500 students. With hard work and dedication, the students were able to recruit one third of their student body to donate blood!
Humanities instructor, Debbie Shapiro, coordinates a blood drive every year in conjunction with four different health classes. All four classes come to the Tacoma Donor Center for a field trip. They learn about the donation process and how Cascade Regional Blood Services processes the blood after it is donated. After the tour, the classes go to work on creating different committees to make the blood drive successful.
The classes put a huge amount of effort into planning, recruiting and making sure every donor was thanked for their life saving gift. The students had an entire room, the Bat Cave, filled with donated goodies, including food and handmade gifts for everyone!
Cascade Regional Blood Services is very thankful of the effort SOTA put toward their drive.
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