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year, the 25th annual Holiday Carolina Blood Drive was held on Thursday, December 7th from 7:30 am – 3:30 pm (2:30-3:30 unpublished) in Fetzer Gym.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Blood Drive – This year, the 36th annual Carolina Blood Drive was held on Wednesday, May 1st from 7:00 am – 6:00 pm (unpublished hour 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm) in the Dean Smith Center.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 |