Thank you to Shannon Sedwick, of Esther's Follies, for hosting this year as Pasty Cline!
Special thanks to our 2009 Heroes for Life Sponsors:
Freescale Semiconductor
M.H. Crockett Properties, Inc.
Applied Materials
URS Corporation
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Little Oliver, a blood recipient and
Blood Center spokesperson, says,
"Thank you" with the support
of his dad, Trevor.
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Blood Center CEO Marshall Cothran is
greeted by Shannon Sedwick, the
hostess with the mostest, as he steps
to the mic to congratulate this year's
winners. |
Cami, a blood recipient and Blood Center
spokesperson, attended the event with
her mom, Amy.
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Dr. Homer Goehrs, a longtime medical
practitioner in Central Texas, and now
a blood recipient, shares his story.
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Officer Dave Erskine, Training Officer
and Blood Center spokesperson,
describes his accident and his need
for blood.
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Blood Center staff were on hand to
say "Thank you" to the many donors
they have come to know over the
years. |
2008 Blood Drive Coordinators
5 Years of Service
Melissa Bailey, Emerson Process Management
Sue Bloodsworth, Austin Community College
Ruth Bullock, Austin Police Department
Jami Dudley, Texas Lottery Commission
Dave Falleur, State Clinical Lab Science Dept
Susan Gross, Citizens Inc.
Ellen Hemm, St. David's Georgetown Hospital
Nancy Hollingsworth, Round Rock Presbyterian Church
Roger Ibarra, Jr., St. Ignatius Catholic Church
Bernie Little, Omega Psi Phi
Glenda Moore, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Ruben Soliz, UT Alumni Center
Cathy Vasquez-Garcia, USAA Real Estate Company
Nancy Wilson, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp.
Rachel Zeplin, Ercot
10 Years of Service
Tom Camardo, St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Andy Campbell, Applied Research Labs
Jannifer Winsett, Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guarantee Association
15 Years of Service
Chris Winkler, Concordia University
20 Years of Service
Wayne Moore, Pflugerville First United Methodist Church
Jerry Owens, Bastrop Federal Correctional Institute
2008 Top Producing Blood Drives
Radio Drives
1st What Color Do You Bleed? UT v. A&M Sponsored by 1300 The Zone & Talk Radio 1370AM
504 Donations
2nd KGSR Hearts for the Arts
223 Donations
3rd KVET Neighbors in Need
169 Donations
Government Drives
1st Texas Department of Transportation
562 Donations
2nd LCRA
412 Donations
3rd City of Austin
350 Donations
Community Drives
1st La Grange Community
First United Methodist Church
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
389 Donations
2nd Bastrop Mina Masonic Lodge
320 Donations
3rd Lakeway
312 Donations
Medical Drives
1st Seton Healthcare Network
378 Donations
2nd St. David's Healthcare Partnership
316 Donations
3rd Central Texas Medical Center
148 Donations
Church Drives
1st St. Helen's Catholic Church
401 Donations
2nd St. Thomas More Catholic Church
310 Donations
3rd Marble Falls Baptist Church
237 Donations
College Drives
1st The University of Texas
1,961 Donations
2nd Texas State University
500 Donations
3rd Austin Community College
332 Donations
Corporations Category A
1st Dell
1,617 Donations
2nd Applied Materials
515 Donations
3rd Freescale Semiconductor
405 Donations
Corporations Category B
1st State Farm Insurance Company
198 Donations
2nd Hart-Hanks
181 Donations
URS Corporation
185 Donations
National Cancer Information Center
186 Donations
3rd The Downtown Group
145 Donations
Corporations Category C
1st Wayne Division, Dresser Industries
148 Donations
2nd Hoover's Online
129 Donations
Reit Management and Research
129 Donations
SabeRex
129 Donations
3rd Wayport, an AT&T Company
117 Donations
2008 Landmark Gallon Level Donors
10 Gallons
Sam Adair
Lucille Alff
April Anson
Paul Atkinson
David Ayers 
Ronald Barber
Richard Battle
Frank Bailey
Michael Blattau
Ardell Capehart
Dale Carmody
Keith Carson
James Cook
Kathryn Crowell
Steven DeRosa
Steven Dobbelstein
Nelda Eisenbeck
Donna Estes
Christopher Ferriola
Mark Florian
John Frasher, Jr
Michael Gray
Donald Green
Janet Griffith
Jack Grosskopf
Donna Hagens
Patrick Harvey-Slager
Kevin Herber
Rafael Hinojosa, III
Robert Hoffman
David Jessich
Jacky Johns
Kevin Jones
Rigsby Kavanaugh
Michael Kersey
Ann Kleinebecker
Mary Knorr
Nancy Koch
Sandra Lott
Victoria Luna
Richard Manley
Kimber Marshall
Dyson Miller
Beverly Mims
Elizabeth Mitchell
Charles Morriss
Kathleen Murphy
Daniel Neiser, Jr
Richard Perkins
Billy Pewitt
Mark Pierce
Linda Printz
Steven Raphael
Scott Severson
James Shrull
Steven Stump
Harold Sundbeck
Alfred Swertfager
Cloyd Taylor, Jr
Randall Thoma
John Turner
Alexander Wadleigh
James Washington
Michael Wright
James Wuertz
15 Gallons
Linda Ables
Carolyn Aguilar
Anthony Arcuri
Douglas Becker
Daniel Bivens
David Buzan
Jeffrey Cook
Scott Graham
Karen Grampp
Darrell Lanford
Russell Larson
Lloyd Luker
Alfred Mawson
Clinton Moran
Minnie Noble
Edward Presto
Eugene Shrock
Richard Sigmon, Jr
Catherine Simpson
Thomas Skiles
Robert Suder
Gerald Toole
Cindy Van Meeteren
Owen Vessels
Harry Wachsmann
Lora Whitethorn
H-Ernest Woodby
Jimmie Wusterhausen
June Young
20 Gallons
Dawn Goldberg
Rudolph Herrera
Clarence Johnson
John Lindsey
James Loyd
Clark Lyman
Rick McMaster
Rebecca Murski
Larry Oliver
Clara Patton
Richard Robbins
Charles Smith
Eileen Smith
Mary Tokumaru
Carl von Merz
Michael Weaver 
Yvonne Weldon
Glenn Woelfel
25 Gallons
Steve Barclay
Debbie Brooks
Jody Cook
Billy Fogle
Catherine Helton
Ella Inman
Russell Lewis
Jan Marie MacKay
Jim Matthews
Laura Smith
Raymond Talacka
Joe Ware, Sr.
30 Gallons
Judith Arldt
Daniel Bittner
Edward Boissevain
Timothy Borden
Lewis Browder
Wendell Conner
Maeve Cooney
Thomas Fraser
Hunce Hemberger
Daniel Hernandez
Joel Lehman
Martha Loer
Frankie Pennington
P B Scott
35 Gallons
Jim Allday
Frank Arldt
James “Ray” Barber
Deatra Boese 
Jerry Eggert
Anthony Johnson
Linda Johnson
Bernard Larson
Ollie Pickett
Kirk Roefer
Diane Suder
Raymond Yin
40 Gallons
Keith Andrews
Frank Deutsch 
Leslie Doss
Keith Hailey
Arnold Kleinebecker
Travis Lockhart, Sr
Charles Melear
Richard Smith
45 Gallons
Lark Anthony
Jane Donegan
Scott Huntley
Robert Kuhl, Jr 
William Phillips
Sue Taylor
50 Gallons
Gerard Chmelir
Dale Erdmann
Charles Long, Jr
Kevin McGillicuddy
Randal Teich
Ronald Wyllys
55 Gallons
David Anthony 
Gary Carter
Bruce Latour
Bob Schluter
Leon Wegele