For Younger Students
Educating future blood donors is an important part of keeping our community’s blood supply available for Central Texas patients. Here are some exciting programs for students thanks to the generosity of our great community partners–Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the Round Rock Express, local school districts, teachers, and America’s Blood Centers.
Junior Lifesavers
The Junior Lifesaver program accomplishes 4 goals:
1. It educates children about blood and its use in healthcare.
2. It gives students the chance to perform a life-saving community service
and be “heroes” by recruiting adults to donate blood at a new fixed site
blood center or their own blood drive.
3. Healthy adults, many of them first-timers, are invited to also be heroes and save lives by donating blood.
4. Finally, blood will be available to area patients when needed.
For more information about the Junior Lifesavers program or to schedule a drive, contact Pat Cossette at 512-206-1316 or pcossette@inyourhands.org.
The fascinating and complex human circulatory system comes to life in an exciting multimedia science education program called My Blood Your Blood. This turnkey science curriculum teaches 5th grade students about basic blood biology and the human circulatory system in a fun and interactive way. The mission of My Blood Your Blood is to educate the next generation of blood donors in order to help them develop healthy and positive attitudes and behaviors about science, community involvement, and volunteerism. The goal of the Blood and Tissue Center is to offer the My Blood Your Blood Program kit to all 195 schools within our ten county service area. My Blood Your Blood is currently available to schools free of charge thanks to local funding provided by AMD.
The kit includes two 3-D animated videos, two 3-D animated CD’s, ten full-colored posters, ten teacher’s learning guides, and coloring book templates.
For more information on this program, log on to www.mybloodyourblood.org or contact Pat Cossette at 512-206-1316.
Check out these website for more information on blood donation:
My Blood Your Blood
Blood Saves
Blood Facts
Blood Banking history
America’s Blood Centers
American Association of Blood Banks
