1. Informing Students on the Advantages of Donating Blood By ‘The Bloods’ Stefanie Mercadante Kristen Jowwet VihnNyguen Megan Mahon Josh Lovelle Rachel Javage
2. Project Overview Informing Students at Bucks County Community College about the importance and advantages of donating blood. In order to achieve this goal, the group set up a table in the cafeteria of the College with information about donating blood.
3. Project Overview Over a five hour period, the group talked with many students and handed out over 75 pamphlets on the importance and advantages of donating blood. The group also put together a survey to poll students on their prior knowledge of the importance and advantages of donating blood.
4. Group Process The group opted to start a group page in order to stay in touch between meetings and to keep a record of information on the project. The group put together many meetings, both in person and online. Minutes of each meeting were kept and posted on the groups page for members who could not attend.
5. Meetings 1st Meeting: In-person – Brain-storm ideas for a project. - Trash Clean-up - Animal Shelter - Feed Homeless - Blood Drive 2nd Meeting: In-person – Discussed the ‘Blood Drive’ idea more in-depth. Drew up a plan of action. 3rd Meeting: In-person – Wrote down questions about the project. Decided on a tentative date for blood drive.
6. Meetings BCCC did not approve our blood drive. 4th Meeting: In-person – Decided to set up table at BCCC to express the importance of giving blood. Designated assignments for each person to complete in order to properly inform students about donating blood. 5th Meeting: On-Line – Finalized idea and individual jobs. Set a date that was confirmed with BCCC for the project.
7. Group Environment We shared the common goal of informing students about the importance of donating blood, and we focused on that goal. We each had our own tasks that we needed to complete, but each individual task contributed to the group's success as a whole in some way. We all played an important role, with no one group member being more significant than another. Every group member displayed leadership qualities at different points in the project. This helped up greatly because no one was overbearing and no one felt under minded.
8. Group Environment This project would have been extremely difficult to perform alone. The planning, implementation, and completion of this project all relied on the group as a whole. Every group member played an important part by using their individual strengths to find their own niche in this project. We all completed tasks that were best suited to our own individual skills.
9. Benefit to Others The groups goal for this project was: To inform college students about the importance of donating blood. Inform students about the advantages of the donor when giving blood. Raise awareness about local blood drives, so that donations will increase. We believe we succeeded in all of these goals. Resulting in a greater knowledge of donating blood on the college campus, and a greater awareness of the benefits to all concerning the donating process.
