Eligibility requirements:
Current Lane County high school students planning to attend a university, college, community college or vocational school are welcome to apply. (This includes seniors attending college fall ’10)

Qualified use of scholarship:
Scholarship must be used to attend a university, college, community college or vocational school and will be distributed directly to the school by Lane Memorial Blood Bank on the student’s behalf.

Application requirements:
Propose a summer blood drive (see attached worksheet).  Tell us where you will hold it, who you will ask to donate blood, how you will promote the event and when you would like to host your blood drive.  To qualify, your proposed blood drive must have at least 20 people willing to donate blood and include a suitable blood drive location (see attached “Bloodmobile Guidelines” and “Basic Requirements”).

Each student may plan only one blood drive but multiple students can plan a drive together.  Each qualifying blood drive coordinator (up to 6) will receive a $500 scholarship.  In the case of a blood drive being planned by multiple students, the scholarship will be divided between the qualifying students. 

Qualifying blood drives will be held between June 15 and September 7, 2010 must have at least 20 people registered to donate and must be new blood drives.  A student cannot take over a regularly scheduled blood drive; they must schedule and organize their own blood drive. 

If you have questions about the eligibility of your proposed blood drive, please call Kristi McElhinney.

If your proposal is approved, Lane Memorial Blood Bank will contact you by May 21 to schedule a date for your blood drive and begin planning.  No more than 6 blood drive proposals will be approved.

General information:
Six $500 scholarships will be awarded to students coordinating a successful summer blood drive between June 15 and September 7, 2010.  To be considered successful, a blood drive must have a minimum of 20 people registering to donate.

Application deadline:
Blood drive proposal (worksheet attached) due by May 17, 2010—your proposal will be approved or denied by May 21. 

Award date:
The scholarship winners will be notified after completion of their successful blood drive (by September 8).  Arrangements will be made to send the scholarship directly to the school of the students’ choice on their behalf.

To apply:
Please send your written proposal including your name and contact information to Kristi McElhinney at Lane Memorial Blood Bank.  Proposals can be emailed, faxed or mailed but must be received no later than May 17. Click HERE to download a proposal template you can use.

Kristi McElhinney, Community Affairs Associate
Lane Memorial Blood Bank
2211 Willamette Street
Eugene, OR 97405

Phone: (541) 484-9111
Fax: (541) 484-6976
Email: kmcelhinney@lmbb.org