Randy Vitales, a 16-year-old sophomore at Dover, went into full cardiac arrest during a basketball tournament last Thursday at Mulhall-Orlando High School. On Tuesday, he saw the person who helped save his life for the first time.
Just don't mess with them when they're at post!
James Harrison, who according to the Australian Red Cross was the world's most prolific blood and plasma donor, has died at age 88.
Harrison's plasma contained the rare antibody Anti-D, also known as Rhesus D antibody, which is used to make the medication given to mothers whose blood is at risk of attacking their fetuses. He donated plasma 1,173 times and is credited with saving 2.4 million Australian babies, according to the Red Cross.
I've traveled to and lived in Malarial areas so am not allowed to donateI'm on 47 donations.
You can give blood 4 times a year in the UK so that 47 has taken over a decade.
I've got no chance to make it into high triple figures as I'm 49 and I think the age limit is 70.
The Tangelo Park Program, started in 1993, gives every neighborhood child age 2 to 4 access to free preschool. Parents have access to parenting classes, vocational courses and technical training.
For a program that took just one hour and four people to develop, the impact has been wide and deep. Tangelo Park Elementary is now a grade-A school. Every high school senior graduates.
But there’s more. Much more.
Every high school graduate who is accepted to a Florida public university, community or state college, or vocational school receives a full Harris Rosen Foundation scholarship, which covers tuition, living and educational expenses through graduation.
Nearly 200 students have earned Rosen scholarships, and of those, 75 percent have graduated from college—the highest rate among an ethnic group in the nation.
A Florida millionaire adopted a poor neighborhood and changed lives.
The rest of the story...
Big Enough
Harris Rosen spent the first half of his career making millions and the second half giving away millions. Here is his story.www.ucf.edu
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