April 29, 2005

Blood donor hits the jackpot

Alison Sargent, an employee at State Street Bank, beat the odds as the winner of the MGH Blood Donor Center's March promotion. On April 14, Christopher Stowell, MD, PhD, medical director for the MGH Blood Donor Center, presented Sargent with her prize — two airline tickets to Las Vegas, courtesy of Southwest Airlines, two nights at the Imperial Palace and two free tickets to see a show at the Riviera hotel.

Sargent began donating blood after Sept. 11 at the MGH Bloodmobile and then began donating platelets at the Blood Donor Center after the Rhode Island Station nightclub fire.

Approximately 1,757 donations were made during this promotion, which ran throughout the month of March. Right, Sargent and Stowell