On February 11, 2009, Christie was invited to the Reliant Stadium to receive the 'Path for Success' award on behalf of Gulf Interstate Engineering from the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. GIE has now become a Gold Level Commit for Life Member, and we have been recognized for our efforts in our Quarterly Blood Drives! All gold-level Commit for Life groups that achieve at least 100 donations in a year are invited to Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center's "A Celebration of Life" group recognition event.
The Path for Success award commemorates our achievements from the previous year. I am very proud to announce that in 2008, Gulf Interstate collected 65 units of Whole Blood, and saved 195 lives!!!
A very special THANK YOU to those that have made it possible for GIE to take part in this program - We could not have done this without your help! I hope you all will continue your commitment to saving lives in 2009!
Congrats, Christie, to you and everyone at GIE! We appreciate your commitment to holding blood drives, and we're so glad you made it to the luncheon. Thank you for spreading the word about Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center!
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Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Cortney,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! I really enjoy hosting the drives for my company. I can't donate because I lived in London, so this is the best way for me to help save lives. I'm glad to be part of it!
Thanks for reading my blog, too!
~ Christie
Congratulations on this award - what an honor!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Elizabeth! My new goal is to break 200, and eventually I'd like to have saved 365 lives...one for every day of the year! I think that is just over 121 units of blood. Right now I average just under 20 units each quarter, and to reach that goal, I'd have to average about 30 units.
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