During the SEED period this week, students heard from Michael Leviton. Michael is a business development liaison for RWJBarnabas Health, responsible for raising awareness about blood and platelet donations in the state of New Jersey. Michael shared his personal story about the importance of blood/platelet donations, which served as a lead-in to the next day’s blood drive.

Students from the RKYHS Blood Drive Committee held the first of their two blood drives for the year. Students, teachers, parents, former parents and alumni came to donate blood and help save lives. In total, 66 lives were saved! Thank you to all the donors and volunteers who participated to make this possible.