2016- 2017 HEROES DONATE BLOOD High School Tour
Music Brings Life is proudly producing a series of educational assemblies at high schools throughout New York City. This is the HEROES DONATE BLOOD High School Tour.
We are visiting local high schools so that we can explain to students the importance of donating blood. We use music and famous musical artists to get our message across and inspire young people in diverse populations to become blood donors.
The results have been amazing. Two of the High Schools on our tour, Far Rockaway and John Dewey, both reported that they more than tripled the number of people who came out to donate at their blood drives following our assemblies!
The first school on our tour was John Adams HS in Queens on Wednesday and Thursday, February 24 & 25, 2016. We produced five assemblies over two days and more than 1,000 students attended.
Keenan "Special" Bristol, president and founder of Music Brings Life, entertained and educated the students. He performed his original song, "Superman 1,2,3 Away," which supports our slogan, "Heroes Donate Blood."
We held a contest to see how much the students learned about blood donation during the assembly and the winners received Music Brings Life t-shirts.
MetroPCS gave away away cell phones and held a free raffle where two lucky students won tickets to the Rihanna concert at the Barclays Center. This was a fun and educational event for all!
Here are the events that currently comprise the HEROES DONATE BLOOD High School Tour in 2016 and 2017. Additional assemblies will be added in the days to come.
2017 Season Heroes Donate Blood Tour
High School for Health Professions and Human Services, Manhattan, TBD
John Adams HS, Queens, November 22
High School of Fashion Industries, Manhattan, November 28
Martin Van Buren HS, Queens, December 6
2018 Season Heroes Donate Blood Tour
Civil Rights H.S. January 10 with Maimonides Medical Center
PATH H.S. January 10 with Maimonides Medical Center
Academy for Health Career, May 2nd & Blood Drive May 3rd with Maimonides Medical Center
Academy for College Preparation & Career Exploration May 8th & Blood Drive May 24th with Maimonides Medical Center
John Dewey H.S. May 30th & Blood Drive May 31 with Maimonides Medical Center
Erasmus High School Campus: October 17th Blood Awareness Assembly
Erasmus High School Campus: October 18th Blood Drive With Maimonides Medical Center
Prospect Heights Campus: October 24th Blood Awareness Assembly
Prospect Heights Campus: October 25th Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
Medger Evers High School: November 13th Blood Awareness Assembly & Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
John Adams High School: November 7th & 8th Blood Awareness Assemblies
John Adams High School: November 15th Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
South Shore Campus 8 Schools, December 3rd, Blood Awareness Assembly
South Shore Campus: December 4th, Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
ROAD Brooklyn High School: December 5th Blood Awareness Assembly
ROAD Brooklyn High School: December 6th Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
Sports Management High School: December 12th Blood Awareness Assembly
Sports Management High School: December 13th Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
2019 Season Heroes Donate Blood Tour
Thomas Jefferson Campus Blood Awareness Assembly & Blood Drive TBA
John Dewy High School: Blood Awareness Assembly & Blood Drive TBA
Academy for Health Careers High School Blood Awareness & Blood Drive TBA
Fashion Industries High School: Blood Awareness Assembly & Blood Drive TBA
Brooklyn of the Arts High School: Blood Awareness Assembly & Blood Drive TBA
John Adams High School: May 1st & 2nd Blood Awareness Assembly
John Adams High School: May 9th Blood Drive with Maimonides Medical Center
This is a terrific sponsorship opportunity for corporations and other organizations that target this coveted demographic.
If your company would like to be part of the HEROES DONATE BLOOD Tour and participate on-site at the high schools, please contact Keenan "Special" Bristol at 347.693.7634 or kbristol@musicbringslife.org.
Heroes Donate Blood
When one unit of blood is donated, it gets divided into components that can be used to help as many as three patients in need. You are a hero when you donate blood because you are helping save lives.
Music Brings Life is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that educates young people in the Black, Latino and Caribbean communities about the importance of donating blood.
We use music to get our message across and inspire young people in diverse populations to donate blood. Additionally, we facilitate the donation process by partnering with blood collection organizations.
#HeroesDonateBlood
Watch SPECIAL perform "Superman 1,2,3 Away," his original song that supports our slogan, "Heroes Donate Blood."
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