Schedule by logging onto www.bcw.edu/jakes8th or call Jennifer Aldrich at 414-810-4793.
Child care will be provided as well as home baked treats
Volunteers are still needed the day of the event, if you can help out during the Blood Drive, please contact Joanne Klink at 258-7420 or email her.
Saturday, April 4 • 9AM-2PM
Roosevelt Elementary
Contact information for scheduling an appointment has changed since the March issue of the TETNA newsletter and previous posts.
Make an appointment by contacting Joanne Klink at 414-258-7420 or email Joanne. You can also schedule an appointment by clicking here.
The next Blood Drive is scheduled for Saturday, April 4th, 9am to 2pm, in the Roosevelt School Gym. Please bring a photo ID at the time of donation.
Childcare will be provided. So bring your family and friends. All are welcome!
Saturday, April 4 • 9AM-2PM
Roosevelt Elementary
After a positive response in the fall, TETNA will continue to support Jake’s biannual blood drives. The next Blood Drive is scheduled for Saturday, April 4th, 9am to 2pm, in the Roosevelt School Gym. Make an appointment by contacting Jennifer Aldrich at 414-810-4793 or email jaaldrich@jhancock.com (It is not necessary to contact the Blood Center).
Jake’s Blood Drive, held October 4th at Roosevelt, was a great success. 80 donors were registered, and the Blood Center was able to collect 75 units of blood. Jennifer Aldrich, Jake’s mom, shared that this was their best turnout yet!
TETNA will continue to support Jake’s bi-annual blood drives, the next of which will be held in April (watch the newsletter and website for a specific date). If you are interested in recruiting donors, helping with daycare the day of the event, or would like to set an appointment to donate blood, please contact Jennifer by using the form below.
Blood donations save lives. Many of you are familiar with the fact that transfusions are used after car accidents and emergency surgeries, but there are other uses as well. Jake receives transfusions to fight the side effects of the chemotherapy he is undergoing to treat childhood cancer. If you’ve never made a blood donation, please visit bcw.edu to learn more about the process, and some of the people you might be helping.
Thanks to all of those that donated, or helped out with the drive. Please continue to support Jake and his family by continuing with your blood donations through Blood Center of Wisconsin.
“I want to give back to the community” is the reason many of us choose to donate blood. Or perhaps you know someone who has received help from Blood Center of Wisconsin. Jennifer Aldrich is someone who has said both things.
Jennifer’s son, Jakob, was diagnosed in November of 2005 with a rare form of soft tissue childhood cancer. He underwent treatment (including receiving blood products) at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin through September of 2006. Jakob had a relapse in January of 2007, and received treatment a second time.
TETNA has decided to focus our efforts on helping to make Jennifer’s biannual blood drives at Roosevelt Elementary a success. Those of you that expressed interest in volunteering and/or participating will receive a call in the near future.
The fall blood is drive is scheduled for Saturday, October 4th from 9am-2pm at Roosevelt Elementary. Please call the Blood Center at 933-5000 to make an appointment (recommended), or just walk in using the 74th Street entrance. Child care and homemade treats will be provided.
Let’s make this blood drive a success—give back to the community and support “one of our own!”