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| Lillie Moody is
a single mother of two and part time student who still
finds time to volunteer at the Southern Oklahoma Blood
Institute. She makes bags with the other bag ladies,
calls donors for blood drives, prepares promotional packets
for the recruitment department, answers telephones and
does general office work all while going to school two
days a week. Her son River is 2 years old and her daughter
Freedom is 10 months old. They keep this hard working
mom very busy at home. Everyone at SOBI considers Lillie
a part of the family. We are so happy to have Lillie
as a volunteer. |
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| As pictured from left to right Billie
McCarson, Emmy Blancaflor and Corrine Priest. The “Bag
Ladies” volunteer every Tuesday morning at the
Ardmore center. They make enough bags to cover all
of Ardmore’s blood drives. |
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| Every Tuesday the Ardmore center is invaded
by “Bag Ladies”. This small but hard working
group of women arrive every Tuesday morning to label
blood bags for the weeks upcoming blood drives. Billie
McCarson is a retired school teacher and has been an
OBI volunteer since 2002. Corrine Priest has been a volunteer
with OBI for a little over a year now. Corrine stays
busy and loves to make treats for the staff and volunteers.
Everyone thinks she’s is a very good cook. And
Emmy Blancaflor is our newest bag lady. She has been
a volunteer for OBI since September of this year. Emmy
enjoys volunteering with several other groups as well.
Lisa Ensminger (not pictured) is a full time Wal-Mart
employee who comes in on her day off and donates platelets.
After she is finished donating she makes bags. Lisa has
been a volunteer for almost two years. She is a part
of the Volunteering Pays program through Wal-Mart. Through
this program Wal-Mart gives an organization $250 if their
employee volunteers for that organization for 25 hours
during a six month period. So far Wal-Mart has donated
$500 to SOBI because Lisa is so generous with her time.
Even though Tuesday’s have become the bag making
day of the week, each of our volunteers have worked extra
days when needed. Ardmore is truly blessed with such
a great group of “Bag Ladies”. |
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| Betty Brack packs OU and OSU T-shirts
for a blood drive. Betty is a Texas Longhorns fan so
bedlam
time is not exactly her favorite time of year. Each year
during our Bedlam promotion Betty says she
is going to quit but thankfully she never has. |
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| Betty Brack is known around the Ardmore
Center as the T-shirt Lady. She has been a volunteer
with OBI for 7 years. Betty faithfully comes in every
Tuesday and Thursday to pack t-shirts for the blood drives
and unpack the returns. When Betty is packing t-shirts
everyone knows to stay out of the t-shirt room. There
is even a caution sign on the door of the t-shirt room
that reads “Caution Betty at Work”. Betty
keeps all the t-shirts organized and lets us know when
we are getting low or when t-shirts need to be moved
to the mobile room. |
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| Make
a difference by volunteering at the Oklahoma Blood
Institute! Please contact Ardmore
Volunteer Services at (580) 226-2220 or e-mail Jim
Amendolea. You are greatly appreciated! |
