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Jackson Public Schools honored with American Red Cross award after students collect 535 pints of blood
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District leaders and Red Cross officials on April 24 praised Jackson Public Schools students for a districtwide blood-drive campaign that collected 535 pints of blood, produced $12,350 in scholarships so far and put three JPS schools provisionally in a national top-10 ranking for sickle-cell donation outreach.
Jackson Public School District officials and American Red Cross representatives on April 24 highlighted a student-led blood-donation campaign that collected 535 pints of blood and produced $12,350 in scholarships so far.
The district’s assistant superintendent for high schools, Lakeisha Marshall Thomas, introduced the Red Cross presenters and said the campaign gave students “real world opportunities to lead and serve.” Denise Smith, Strategic Business Planning Manager for Donor Recruitment at the American Red Cross, and Shatina…
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