its top blood drive donors and sponsors from 2011. More than 200
people joined in the celebration at CBCC's annual awards banquet at
The Palmer Building.
Individual Donors
Advocate of the Year – Robert White, Piedmont Medical Center
President's Award – Rick Hendrick
Platelet Donors of the Year – Steve Lentz; Debra Williams; Debra
Williams
Whole Blood Donors of the Year –Scott Curtis and Kim Wyatt
Special Recognition – The Santos Family; Claudia Douglass; Jon
Richmond; Joe & Amy Clipston
Vision Awards – Jon Wilson, FOX News Rising; The Charlotte Checkers;
Microsoft Corporation
Blood Drive Sponsors and Community Partners
Corporate Sponsor of the Year – Hendrick Motorsports
Small Business of the Year – Red Ventures
College of the Year – Central Piedmont Community College – Levine Campus
High School of the Year – West Stanly High School
Hospital of the Year – Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast
Religious Organization of the Year – Elevation Church
Community Group of the Year – Siskey YMCA
Largest Blood Drive of the Year – Floyd D. Johnson Technology Center
Committee of the Year – Carolinas Medical Center-Union
New Sponsor of the Year – Elevation Church
"We deeply appreciate our blood donors and sponsors, all of whom are
incredibly generous and strongly committed to the patients of our
community," said Martin Grable president and CEO of Community Blood
Center of the Carolinas. "This event was a poignant reminder of the
power of what community can do when we join together. Honoring these
individuals and community partners was the least we could to do show
our appreciation for their unwavering dedication to helping save local
lives."
About Community Blood Center of the Carolinas
The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) is a non-profit
community-based blood center and the primary blood supplier to 21
regional hospitals, serving patients who live in 16 North Carolina and
three South Carolina counties. The mission of CBCC is to be the
steward of a community resource – life-saving blood and the vision is
to help build and strengthen the bonds of community. CBCC is strictly
a blood center, completely focused on gathering red blood cells,
platelets and plasma from volunteer donors to save local lives – every
drop of blood collected stays here to help people in the Carolinas.
The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas is a member of America's
Blood Centers, North America's largest network of community-based,
independent blood centers providing more than 50% of the nation's
blood supply.
For more information on community blood drives, visit www.cbcc.us or
call 704-972-4700. There are also CBCC donor centers located at: 4447
South Boulevard in Charlotte; 363 Church Street North Suite 170 in
Concord; 2524 East Franklin Blvd Suite E in Gastonia; and 600 Hospital
Drive in Monroe.
