On Friday, February 10, organizations, corporations and individuals were honored for their voluntary efforts to support blood donation in the community as part of Lifeblood’s Annual Awards Luncheon for 2011. Winners in the Group of the Year categories were: Corporate Johnson & Johnson Education Northwest Mississippi Community College Faith-based Brown Missionary Baptist Church Government Navy [...]
On Thursday, January 26, Trezevant held their annual board member reception. The board of directors were joined by Trezevant residents and staff members to honor past board members, acknowledge new officers and welcome Kenneth Clark onto the board. “It is an honor to have Ken on our board,” said Scott Crosby, chairman of Trezevant’s board [...]
Mid-Southerners looking to serve the community in February are encouraged by Lifeblood to give blood and support local nonprofits in the process. Blood and blood platelet donors who give during the month will receive a free T-shirt, attached, with the option to return the gift in favor of having a donation made in their honor [...]
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, Trezevant hosted a reception in the community’s Performing Arts Center to welcome its 18 new residents to the retirement community. Current residents greeted their new neighbors, and everyone enjoyed food and drinks while getting to know one another. “We like to make our residents feel special and welcomed because they [...]
In honor of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lifeblood is offering its donors two ways to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Option 1 Lifeblood is holding a mobile blood drive from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day – at the National Civil [...]
City Auto hosted a city-wide blood drive at its Covington Pike dealership, 4932 Elmore Road, on Friday, December 30 in response to the community’s blood supply shortage. Citizens, employees and customers alike gathered to give in Lifeblood’s last blood drive of 2011. “During the holidays, it’s especially important to give to others, and we couldn’t [...]
In just two short years, Trezevant’s Angel Tree program has grown from providing holiday gifts for 76 children last year to 103 children this year. Youth from the Ira Samelson Jr. Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis, who received these holiday gifts, visited Trezevant on Saturday, December 17, 2011, for a luncheon and gift-giving [...]
In observance of National Volunteer Blood Donor Month in January, Lifeblood is encouraging members of the community to share stories of how blood donations have touched their lives, including those of donors, recipients, their family members and friends, health care providers, medical professionals, and more. Every day lives are saved by blood donations, and Lifeblood [...]
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee is pleased to announce the creation of its new Holy Family Award and plans to bestow this honor first on Alan G. Crone, its former Board Chair. Alan is a Managing Member of Crone & McEvoy, PLC specializing in Executive Employment Law. That his personal role is St. Ignatius of [...]
On Monday, December 5, an event was held at Lifeblood’s Germantown Donor Center to pay tribute to Erin Wheeley, a local blood donation advocate who was killed in a car accident in 2005. The event coincided with the kickoff of Stop and Give, a national initiative focused on honoring anyone affected by motor vehicle tragedies [...]
