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Carolina Blood Drive Committee 2023-2024 Report 

The Carolina Blood Drive Committee is responsible for planning and implementing two campus-wide blood drives in partnership with the American Red Cross. Historically, the Holiday Carolina Blood Drive is held in December and the Carolina Blood Drive is held in late spring/early summer. Details of each drive can be found below.  

A list of all committee members (forum delegates, campus volunteers, community members, and American Red Cross partners) can be found at the end of this report.  

  • Holiday Carolina Blood Drive – This year, the 25th annual Holiday Carolina Blood Drive was held on Thursday, December 7th from 7:30 am – 3:30 pm (2:30-3:30 unpublished) in Fetzer Gym. This was a Reading Day. Leading up to the drive, the committee met 7 times. Here is a look at the drive by the numbers:  
  • Goal: 321 (up +13)  
  • Total collected: 381 (up +13)  
  • Final appointments: 386 (up +16)  
  • Presenting donors: 395 (up +85)  
  • First time donors: 103 (down –3)  
  • Whole blood: 277 (up +29)  
  • Power Red: 104 (down –16)  
  • No show: 76 (down –60)  
  • Walk-ins: 97 (up +49) 
  • Carolina Blood Drive – This year, the 36th annual Carolina Blood Drive was held on Wednesday, May 1st from 7:00 am – 6:00 pm (unpublished hour 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm) in the Dean Smith Center. This was a Reading Day. The day prior to the drive, the university shifted to Condition 2 status due to pro-Palestine protests on campus. This made setting up for the drive incredibly challenging and led to a decrease in our overall collection numbers the day of the drive. Leading up to the drive, the committee met 6 times. Here is a look at the drive by the numbers:  
  • Goal: 510   
  • Total collected: 430 (down from 510)   
  • Final appointments: 448 (down from 555)   
  • Presenting donors: 439 (down from 564)   
  • First time donors: 74 (down from 172)   
  • Whole blood: 314 (down from 400)   
  • Power red: 116 (down from 156)   
  • No show: MAYBE 30-40 (down from 108)   
  • Walk-ins: UNSURE (?? from 96) 
  • Deferrals: 49  
  • QNS: 13 (down from 15) 

 

Committee members:  

 

First  Last  Department  Committee Role 
Matt  Banks  Employee Forum  Forum Administrative Support 
Mallory  Barnett  American Red Cross  ARC Account Manager 
Rhonda  Beatty  UNC Visitors Center  Marketing and Communications 
Linda  Benning  American Red Cross  ARC Team Supervisor 
Vanessa  Blake  Comparative Medicine  Volunteer 
Jerel  Bonner  Community Member  Volunteer 
David  Bragg  ITS  Volunteer 
Brynn  Brusseau  UNC Red Cross Club  Volunteer 
Renata  Buchanan  The Graduate School  Co-Chair 
Kala  Bullett  Carolina Housing  Volunteer 
Aisha  Bynum  Student Government – Co-Director of the Department of Civic Engagement  Volunteer 
Lynn  Eades  Undergraduate Library  Website Manager 
Shayla  Evans-Hollingsworth  Office of Human Resources  Volunteer 
Michele  Fulton  PH Leadership Program  Canteen 
Jacqueline  Harris  American Red Cross  ARC Team Supervisor 
Jessica  Hill  ASOD Craniofacial Surgical Care  Volunteer 
Todd  Hux  SOM – Planning Office  Volunteer 
LaToya  Jones  American Red Cross  ARC Team Supervisor 
Amelia  Krysinski  FPG Child Development Institute  Volunteer Coordinator 
Courtney  Letta  American Red Cross  ARC Manager, Collections 
Beverly  Malone  Office of Human Research Ethics  Volunteer Coordinator 
Allen  Mason  American Red Cross  ARC 
Amber  Meads  SOM – FBO  Volunteer 
Arlene  Medder  Auxiliary Services  Volunteer 
Vanessa  Mitchell  School of Social Work  Volunteer 
Stephanie  Morales  Exercise and Sports Science  Volunteer 
Katie  Musgrove  School of Law  Volunteer 
Lisa  Petersen  UNC School of Medicine  Volunteer 
Laura  Pratt  The Graduate School  Co-Chair 
Bruce  Roberts  American Red Cross  ARC District Manager, Donor Recruitment 
Janny  Sanchez Escolastico  School of Medicine  Volunteer Coordinator 
Kelly  Scurlock-Cross  School of Medicine – OBGYN  Volunteer 
Theresa  Silsby  ITS – Customer Experience  Volunteer 
Matthew  Steadman  School of Nursing  Volunteer 
Annetta  Streeter  Adams School of Dentistry  Volunteer 
BJ  Tillman  Student Government – Co-Director of the Department of Civic Engagement  Volunteer 
Tara  Tucker  American Red Cross  ARC Coordinator, Donor Recruitment 
Ally  Wardell  UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center  Chair of the EF Community Service Committee 
Tai  Wong  American Red Cross  ARC Regional Communications Manager