2008 Woodie Awards
Blood Drive Has Strong Results
Issue date: 11/1/08 Section: News
This past October, both the Dobbs Ferry and Bronx campuses held blood drives in the all important hope of collecting as much blood as possible. Both set achievable goals and did their best to spread the word.
The Dobbs Ferry campus had the small and attainable goal of 30 pints and achieved their goal exactly.
"We were hoping for 30, but we ended up with 30 and that's really good," said Stacey Johnson, Director of Student Activities.
"We had 45 show up, but unfortunately we had to turn away 15 for various reasons," said Johnson.
Blood donors can be turned away for several reasons including recent tattoos or piercings, low amounts of hemoglobin (which is more consistent in women), and traveling outside of the United States (to protect from Malaria and mad cow disease which cannot be detected in blood testing, according to expertvilliage.com.)
This was Johnson's first year running the event, and she was quick to blame bad weather and the fact that it was done in a bus rather than inside the school as reasons why the final number could have been better.
"We had some issues, but I don't want to make excuses; we still met our goal," said Johnson.
Johnson also claimed that future drives will look to advertise in the surrounding community as well in the hope of pulling in more donors.
As good as the Dobbs Ferry campus did, it the Bronx campus that more than exceeded expectations. With a much high goal of 81 pints, the Bronx campus impressed by amassing 110 pints.
Bronx director of student activities George Moton used simple yet effective methods of early recruiting and advertising not just inside the campus, but all around the Hudson Metro Center, which has several medical offices. Moton's tactic was instrumental in acquiring such a high total.
"We put signs up around the campus and put a display out on the board outside the center," said Moton.
Future blood drives are set to take place in April, but with the strong output from both campuses, and the combined 140 pints, both Johnson and Moton agree that date may come sooner.
The Dobbs Ferry campus had the small and attainable goal of 30 pints and achieved their goal exactly.
"We were hoping for 30, but we ended up with 30 and that's really good," said Stacey Johnson, Director of Student Activities.
"We had 45 show up, but unfortunately we had to turn away 15 for various reasons," said Johnson.
Blood donors can be turned away for several reasons including recent tattoos or piercings, low amounts of hemoglobin (which is more consistent in women), and traveling outside of the United States (to protect from Malaria and mad cow disease which cannot be detected in blood testing, according to expertvilliage.com.)
This was Johnson's first year running the event, and she was quick to blame bad weather and the fact that it was done in a bus rather than inside the school as reasons why the final number could have been better.
"We had some issues, but I don't want to make excuses; we still met our goal," said Johnson.
Johnson also claimed that future drives will look to advertise in the surrounding community as well in the hope of pulling in more donors.
As good as the Dobbs Ferry campus did, it the Bronx campus that more than exceeded expectations. With a much high goal of 81 pints, the Bronx campus impressed by amassing 110 pints.
Bronx director of student activities George Moton used simple yet effective methods of early recruiting and advertising not just inside the campus, but all around the Hudson Metro Center, which has several medical offices. Moton's tactic was instrumental in acquiring such a high total.
"We put signs up around the campus and put a display out on the board outside the center," said Moton.
Future blood drives are set to take place in April, but with the strong output from both campuses, and the combined 140 pints, both Johnson and Moton agree that date may come sooner.
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