HIGHLIGHTED HIGHLANDERS - Woodlands High School

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PTA NEWS - Staff Appreciation Event set for February 20 th ! Theme is Mardi Gras! We need our faithful volunteers to help us out with February’s luncheon for our staff. The Durkee Family has graciously offered to come and cook Jambalaya for all 300 staff members. All we need to do is to provide the salad, bread and desserts! Please email twhspta1@gmail.com to sign up to donate. All items will need to go to the 9 th grade campus or senior campus by 9 am on Friday, February 20th. Please specify the campus of your choice. As always if you are too busy to shop or bake, we always take monetary donations. Just make your check payable to TWHS PTA and mail to: TWHS PTA 6101 Research Forest Dr. The <strong>Woodlands</strong>, Texas 77381 Items needed for luncheon: Large size bags of salad: 20-30 mixed greens and iceberg. Salad dressings: 4-6 of each Ranch, Honey Mustard, Italian, Caesar Rolls or French bread: 40 loaves or rolls in packages of 12 (enough to feed 300) Soft spread butter: 3 super large tubs Desserts: YOUR Specialty!! Please bring your favorite dessert in a disposable pan. (Ideas: bread pudding, brownies, cookies, banana pudding, cakes, pies, bars) Non leaking bowls: 350 Spoons: 350 Gallon size Water Jugs: 20-30 Door prizes: anything you think a teacher might like to win in a raffle! This is a Mardi Gras themed luncheon! HELPERS!!! We need helpers to set up, serve and clean up! Shifts are: 9:00-11:00, 11:00-1:00 and 1:00-2:00 ** March staff appreciation event is a “Grab and Go” breakfast. If you have any contacts for local restaurants that might donate bagels, breakfast tacos, donuts, Chick-Fil-A, etc please contact Kelli Williams at 714-818-8458. We will be securing our food for this event soon!!! Thanks for all you do to help us out!!! HEALTH NEWS FROM SCHOOL NURSE: Blood Donation Qualifications at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Blood Bank and Questions to test your BLOOD IQ Website for M.D. Anderson Blood Bank: www.mdanderson.org / bloodbank Phone Number to call with concerns or questions: 713-792-7777 M.D. Anderson Blood Drive at TWHS Date: Thursday, February 12 th , 2009 Time: 7:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Place: TWHS – Front Lobby Prizes: Community Service – Giving the Gift of Life T-Shirts, other goodies, refreshments (Sprite and cookies) MINIMAL DONAR QUALIFICATIONS: DIET: EAT BREAKFAST – A substantial meal one to four hours prior to donating is preferable (Oatmeal, Cereal and milk, juice, fruit, eggs, sausage, bacon, toast). HYDRATION – Drink at least 12 oz. prior to blood donation. A unit of blood is about 450 cc’s – one pint – 2 cups. 7-10% of your body weight is blood. If your weight is 120 pounds, your body contains 8-10 pints of blood. AGE: Minimum of 17 years of age. No upper age limit. WEIGHT: Minimum of 110 pounds. IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED: Valid picture I.D. and you must know your Social Security Number. HOW OFTEN CAN YOU DONATE BLOOD:
Whole Blood every 56 days (8 weeks) Platelets and Red Blood Cells that are donated at the same time every 56 days (8 weeks) Platelets every 48 hours, only twice a week, up to 24 times in one year ASTHMA: Can donate blood if no major asthmatic episode/attack within the last week. It is best to have your inhaler with you at time of donation. DIABETES: Can donate blood if your blood glucose levels are under control. It is best to check your blood glucose level prior to donation. MEDICATIONS: ANTIBIOTICS – None within 72 hours (3 days) of donation. Accutane – often prescribed for acne – None within last month. Aspirin – None within the past 48 hours. If you are taking any medications, you will need to know the name of the medication and inform M.D. Anderson staff. BODY PIERCING AND TATTOOS: None within past 2 weeks IF procedure was completed at a licensed professional facility utilizing sterile technique; otherwise, can be up to a 12 month deferral. MAJOR SURGERY: If feeling well and have no signs of infection, and did not have a blood transfusion, skin or bone graph, there are no restrictions. INVASIVE DENTAL WORK: None within 24 hours. FEVER: You must have a temperature of 99.5 or less after one to two readings. HEPATITIS: Anyone who has had hepatitis after the age of 11 years is NOT eligible to donate blood. SMALL MINI PHYSICAL PRIOR TO BLOOD DONATION: M.D. Anderson staff member will evaluate temperature (must be 99.5 or less), blood pressure (generally needs to be less than 145 systolic – top number, and 90 diastolic – bottom number), pulse (normal rate is 60-100 beats per minute), and hemoglobin (iron containing pigment of the red blood cells that carries oxygen) will be tested by drop of blood – finger stick – needs to be 12.5 or higher. DONOR HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE: Needs to be completed prior to donation. A staff member from M.D. Anderson will assist each donor in completing the questions. Blood Donor Travel Guide – Information provided here can be used as a guide to help you decide if you are eligible to donate. The FDA has directed that travel to or residing in certain countries can make you unsuitable for donation. If you have questions, please call M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Blood Bank. Listed below are some of the requirements: (Some of these requirements are related to “mad cow” disease which is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy – BSE and some are related to “malaria areas”) If a person or has spent 3 months or more between 1980 - 1996 in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of man, The Channel or Falkland Islands it is a indefinite Deferral. If a person has spent 5 years or more between 1980 & now in Europe it is an indefinite deferral. If a person has spent 6 months or more between 1977 and & now in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria it is an indefinite deferral. If a person has spent the last 12 months in Iraq donors must wait 1 year to give. People who have visited a Malaria area must be back in the United States for 1 year without contracting Malaria. QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR BLOOD I.Q. An accident victim can require how much blood? 4 to 100 units of blood.
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