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BLOOD DRIVE TO PROCEED AS PLANNED
November 27, 2001
An emergency blood drive, which was cancelled because of the
death of its beneficiary, will proceed as planned on
Thursday, Nov. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Leisure
City K-8 Center, 14950 S.W. 288th St.
The drive originally was scheduled to help Jose Palacios
Jr., an 11-year-old student at the school, who had been
diagnosed with leukemia and needed blood transfusions while
he awaited a bone marrow transplant. Palacios died
yesterday, Nov. 26. Students and staff agreed that the
drive should go on to help the community.
The school's principal, Adrienne L. Wright, described Jose
as a dedicated student who continued his schoolwork in spite
of exhausting medical treatments. The blood drive will be
dedicated in his honor.
For more information, contact Wright, at 305-247-5431, ext.
134.