Personal Narrative: Organizing My Blood Drive

My first step for organizing my blood drive was contacting Shannon Metcalf, who is a Red Cross representative to establish a date, help determine how many donors to expect, and give tips for advertising. Once the date was cleared by my principle, we met. Shannon gave me the materials needed like posters, wristbands, parental signing forms, and information to set up my own online blood drive coordinator account, where all scheduled appointments must put in by me. Once the materials were received, posters were put up, announcements and social media advertisements were created. and then emails were sent out to the faculty members to inform them about the upcoming event. Everyday for month, my study hall was spent going classroom to classroom asking
Every Wednesday, there was an FFA meeting hosted by me to inform members about the blood drive and if they wanted to volunteer throughout the day to help. There was a list created and sent to the office and faculty to inform them who would be out of class and where they would be. Two days before the blood drive, wristbands with the time and date were delivered by me not only as a reminder for students, but also as a pass to the faculty to get them out of class for their donation. Faculty was also emailed a list of all donors and times. The day of my blood drive, tables and chairs needed to be set up in the gym. By arriving at the school at 7:30 am, the gym was ready to rock and roll for the American Red Cross staff who arrived at 8 am. We helped unload their equipment. A list was printed out and posted in the gym for all students who needed another reminder of when they are donating and also for the students who were volunteering throughout the day. Once the drive started at 9am, donors needed to be checked in, told where to sit, and then once the drawing of the blood started, we need to talk to the donors and check in on them to make sure they are doing