September 15, 2006

MGH wins again in blood
drive challenge

The MGH has achieved its seventh straight win in the annual MGH/BWH Employee Blood Drive Challenge, which was held Aug. 22 through Sept. 8. During the three-week competition, the MGH Blood Donor Center had 181 employee donations, reaching 66 percent of its challenge goal of 275 donations. Each year, the MGH and BWH participate in the challenge to encourage employees at both hospitals to help patients by donating blood around Labor Day, when donation rates traditionally are low.


Raffle winners with Alison Horanieh, right, of the Blood Donor Center

As a special reward to thank employees who donated during the challenge, the Blood Donor Center held a number of drawings with prizes that included gift certificates to Whole Foods, Coldstone Creamery, the Grand Canal restaurant and passes to the Museum of Science. The winners were Susanne Downey, Kathleen Feeney, Kathleen Harrington, Michele Sperounis, Josh Cruz, Katie Hutton, Maura Quinn, Susan Prince, Robin Ryther, Greg Moulton, Bernadette Ruchwa, Shawn McEntee and Jeri Levasseur.

Additionally, all those who donated during the months of July and August automatically were entered to win two free tickets on JetBlue Airlines. The winner of the tickets was Mike DuBuque, who gave blood on the MGH Bloodmobile during a drive held at AVID Technologies in Tewksbury, Mass.

For more information about donating blood at the MGH Blood Donor Center,
call (617) 726-8171.