CHS donates to save
By Julia Kim Staff Writer Video by Savannah Shealy and Sierra Nelson KCBY One… two. Someone in the United States needs blood. A day passes, more than 38,000 blood donations are needed. Two more seconds have just passed, adding another faceless name to the never-ending list. Blood cannot be made. It cannot be manufactured. Blood can only come from generous donors, a pool that saves millions of lives. On Oct. 6, Carter BloodCare hosted its biannual bloodrive sponsored by the National Honor Society, encouraging hundreds of students and adults alike to donate blood. “Donating blood is a great thing to do because everybody needs blood,” senior donor Sydney Kapp said. “You have to do these…
Ashbrook inspires blood drive
by Divya Kumar News Editor It is a rare thing for a teacher to have much of a lasting affect on a student beyond the school year in which they are acquainted. This clearly is not the case for Coppell Middle School North’s Band Director, Joel Ashbrook, whose students not only hold him fondly in their memories, but are also willing to go to great lengths for him. Ashbrook, whose bone marrow has recently stopped producing platelets, is now going through chemo therapy for what doctors feel might be cancer. While normally this process requires medical care and money to be received, upon hearing the news Ashbrook’s students – both former and current – decided to…
CHS donates blood, saves lives 
By Julia Kim Staff Writer National Honor Society partnered once again with Carter BloodCare to organize the blood drive at CHS that took place in the south gym on Wednesday, Oct. 7. This was the first of two blood drives at the high school, the next to follow in spring. NHS officers volunteered at the blood drive along with professionals from Carter BloodCare to host a successful drive. Although students had the option to do walk-ins, most began signing up a week before in preparation for the event. “This is actually my second time giving blood,” senior Grayson Akerly said. “I saw upperclassmen doing it and I wanted to be a part of that.” NHS…