The Blood
Alliance High School Blood Donor Scholarships For Senior Class Students
What: The Blood Alliance (TBA) is very excited to
announce its High School Blood Donor Scholarship for this school year. All
public and private high schools in TBA service area that host blood drives
during the school year will be included in the challenge. TBA recognizes
the need to support high school students who not only excel in the
classroom and seek post high school education, but also excel in community
service. TBA will award 15 scholarships to High School Seniors in the
upcoming school year based on the school’s performance with each blood
drive, blood drive frequency, student participation, student GPA, and essay
review. The scholarship winners will be awarded $1,000 each for post high
school education tuition.
Who: Parents,
faculty, and staff as well as high school student donors. Any 16 year-old
donating for the first time must have his or her parent(s) or legal
guardian(s) sign a consent form which gives permission to donate at any
additional drives for the duration while they are 16 (17 and 18 year-old
donors do not require parental permission). Female donors ages 16 to 18 may
donate every 112 days to ensure their iron levels are not negatively
impacted by donating the usual interval of every 56 days.
Why: High
school students are a new generation of blood donors. Their donations
encourage them to save lives, inculcate a sense of community service, and
help ensure an adequate local blood supply for the hospitals that TBA
serves.
Criteria: Public
and private high schools that
currently host blood drives with The Blood Alliance need to host a minimum
of three blood drives during the school year at your high school to be
considered for the scholarship. Students
at these schools will need to donate or register to donate for at least two
of those blood drives to be eligible for the scholarship. Public or private high schools
that have never hosted a blood drive with The Blood Alliance, can host
their first high school blood drive to be considered for the
Scholarship. Students
at these schools will need to donate or register to donate for at least one
blood drive to be eligible for the scholarship.&nbs p;
FACT: The
Blood Alliance must collect 360 pints every day
to meet the needs of area hospitals.
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