Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025 8:00 AM - 06:00 PM, American Red cross NWFL chapter blood drive , 9111 Sturdevant Street, Pensacola, FL

  John Thomas Winskas Attended Event:

Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025 8:00 AM- 6:00 PM, American Red cross NWFL chapter blood drive, 9111 Sturdevant Street, Pensacola FL 32514

Volunteer meeting call at ARC building; 

  • kelly banks picked me up at 8:15-8:30am 
  • we started to go to a dat call that was cancelled while on the way
  • she drove me to the American Red Cross building for the volunteer meeting at 9:00am;
  • Kelly banks and I met edwin at the american red cross volunteer meeting ; 
  • I set up plans with Edwin to attend the escambia county national night out touch a truck event on August 5th;
    •  Edwin was going to pick me up for the escambia county national county touch a truck event on the 5th;
      •  was contacted by kelly banks before the 5th that Edwin was no longer attending the event; edwin contacted me about the event monday and I referred him to cliff and kelly for information on the Escambia county event as i was assigned to work with norman at the ft. Walton national night out event.
  • American red cross blood drive; 
    • helped set up beds & tables;
    • helped set up chairs; 
    • vacuumed training room; 
    • moved chairs from the outdoor storage closet to the loading dock; 
    • worked as volunteer blood ambassador; 
    • checked clients into the computer and gave them their name tags; 
    • met joyce and learned about sickle cell disease; 
    • One client/ patient feinted needed to be put in a bed to rest after giving blood
      • the American Red Cross phlebotomy staff immediately assisted the client.
      • The clients care taker got her mcdonalds.
      • she ate mcdonalds and seemed ok after that.
    • helped pack up blood donation equipment 
    • put the blood donation signs in the blood donation teams MRV;
  • loaded the chairs from the loading dock into the American Red Cross f-150 for liz to take to recycling/ salvage.
  • Got a ride home from dad

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