FIRST EVER
ALONZO & TRACY MOURNING SENIOR HIGH BISCAYNE BAY CAMPUS BLOOD DRIVE

On 5/13/2010 ATM hosted its first blood drive, raising $320 towards scholarships for our students.

The first donor was a smiling parent and donations continued through the day by other parents, students, faculty and staff.


Our first roster of life savers:

Christopher Adkins			Louis Diaz			Patricia Perez
Johana Agredo			Mark Gottfried			Martin Roch
Art Artounian			Mary Guss			Justin Rothschild
Denise Bastos			Michelle Long			Stephanie Tudor
Vicki Brennan			Nadine Natwick			John Vanordstrand
Curt Bridges			Aracely Perez			Karla Villalta
Sergio Carrillo

Besides saving lives, donors get a mini-physical, and after 5-7 days can find out their blood type and total cholesterol. And of course there were juices, food, T-shirts and passes to various area attractions as bonuses to sweeten the experience.


Ms Tudor's mini-physical

The phlebotomist was exceptionally gentle and even for first timers, like Ms Natwick, donating was a breeze.

If you "missed the bus" you can still donate at the Sunny Isles Beach Community School Blood Drive 5/20/2010 (11:30 AM-4:00 PM) with the scholarship dollars coming to ATM's students. For additional details or directions please contact Sunny Isles Beach Community School directly -SIBCS-PTSA email.   All the funds generated by donations at blood drives in our feeder pattern will eventually be distributed as scholarships to ATM students.

In the race for the fastest pint, Dr. Gottfried, representing science, beat out both representatives from atheletics (Coach Atkins and Ms Tudor).  This may be the start of a serious rivalry!

The next blood drive at ATM will be at the start of the new school year at the end of August. Keep your iron up!

For more information on donating blood or if you donated to check your cholesterol and blood type, you can go directly to the:

Community Blood Centers of South Florida, Inc.
8101 West 26th Ave
Hialeah Gardens, FL 33016
http://www.cbcsf.org