1. 1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
April 15, 2012
Judges, Senior Project
Creekview High School
1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
Dear Judges:
My name is Rebecca McGehee and I chose to do a blood drive for my senior
project. I have always been interested in all aspects of medicine and nursing. Even as a
small child I said I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. The medical field fascinates
me and I believe it is my purpose in life to help people while doing what I love. In the
summer of 2009 I was selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on
Medicine. This program was a nine day camp at Emory University for high school
students interested in entering the medical field in the future. After attending the camp I
was determined to be able to have experiences similar to that for the rest of my life.
My final product, to display the whole experience, is a scrapbook. The scrapbook
contains pictures of the process on the day of the drive. Even though the blood drive was
a success, there were a few obstacles along the way. When I first decided to do a blood
drive for my senior project, I spoke with Mr. Peacock about organizing one of the blood
drives we do at school. I planned on doing that and then came to find out that the blood
drive I was going to organize was scheduled for after senior boards. After finding that out
I contacted the Red Cross to organize a blood drive on my own. Since I had to quickly
come up with a new plan for a blood drive I had little time to find a location. I decided to
host it at my dad’s church in Woodstock. The church did not have much space for an
event like this but the Red Cross and I made the location work and came up with a plan
for placement of all of the needed equipment.
Through the challenges and the experience as a whole I discovered the importance
of obtaining certain skills and overcoming negative work habits. I have always been a
major procrastinator and probably should have started on the whole senior project process
earlier. However, I now realize that getting stuff done ahead of time makes everything
easier and less stressful. This project has also made me realize how important
organization skills are. The career I am interested in is nursing. More specifically, I am
looking into becoming a Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). For education I am going to attend
Kennesaw State University and major in pre-nursing. Following completing my core
classes I hope to enter the nursing program at Kennesaw. I aspire to get my RN degree
and then proceed to get my BSN. From there I would enter Nurse Anesthetist School to
finally become a CRNA.

2. Through this experience I did learn a lot about myself and my work ethics. Also, I
realized what I need to work on. I did not enjoy the amount of stress that the project put
on us. However, the blood drive was worth it in the end. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Rebecca McGehee