Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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Student Council, NHS host projects . . . Students serve — ‘Give the gift of life.’ The Grand Junction High School Student Council and National Honor Society sponsored a blood bank in conjunction with St. Mary’s Hospital. It was the first ever drive to get students and faculty involved in this service. The theme was “Become a blood buddy.” The drive was coordinated by Dennis Kiefer from the faculty and Shauna Gilmore from the Student Council. The drive began about three weeks prior to the actual day of donation with numerous announcements, posters in the hall and a sign up sheet in the office. The object was to contact and involve as many students and faculty as possible with the units of blood donated to the St. Mary’s blood bank. On Tuesday, April 20 the staff from St. Mary’s set up in room C-6 and 111 people gave a pint of blood. There were approximately 160 people who signed up but some were exempted because of various reasons such as weight, past medical records or something found in the blood sample. The percentage of participation was very good when you realize that only juniors and seniors and faculty could donate since you had to be 17 to participate. It is a project that Student Council, NHS and GJHS can be truely be proud. It was the largest blood drive ever conducted for St. Mary’s. Another projected (pictured below) was voter registration to get those students approaching their 18th birthday to have their names added to the voter registration lists. 20 School Life

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for Rotary Club APRIL 19

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St Mary’s staff member gets information from Riley Smith. Charlie Wanebo indicates that giving blood is no problem.’ Rob Jernigan has his blood pressure taken prior to giving blood. 21