Thursday morning, December 21, TABC was buzzing with excitement with what was the most hyped up event in my three years there. The famous TABC community blood drive took place in our brand new Storm Café. I loved seeing parents, students, teachers and administrators come together for a great cause, and even better we donated an amazing 57 pints of blood! Not only were people giving blood throughout the day, but for the better half of the day the amazing organization Gift of Life came to register those 17 and over for the bone marrow registry with the possibility of saving someone’s life in mind! Over 80 juniors and seniors registered. I would like to thank New Jersey Blood Services, the Gift of Life, nurses Nancy Bleiberg and Linda Moed Cohen and my fellow blood drive committee members Avi Stuart, Avi Gold, Max Krantz, Daniel Deschino and Netzach Schuman. We would also like to thank the following stores for donating food for the blood drive staff and student volunteers: Poppy’s, Sammy’s, Dunkin Donuts, Chopstix, Chickies and EJ’s Pizza.

Thank you to all who helped make this blood drive one of the best we have had in recent years! We hope to have another blood drive in the spring.

By Matan Rockowitz ‘19