Lilly Poehler, a graduate of Hoover High School, has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.
Poehler earned her Gold Award for her project, “Blood Drives Save Lives,” supporting awareness of the importance of giving blood.
Poehler grew up going with her mom to blood drives and was impacted by her grandfather needing a blood transfusion in the hospital, so she knows how dangerous a low blood supply is for those who need blood products for medical treatments and procedures.
She volunteered several times with the American Red Cross blood drives before sponsoring her own. Her blood drive drew several first-time donors and overall collected 37 units of whole blood. A single unit of whole blood can help save up to 3 lives, so her blood drive had the potential to save the lives of up to 111 people.
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