1550 Owens Store Road

Canton, GA 30115

April 15, 2012

Judges, Senior Project

Creekview High School

1550 Owens Store Road

Canton, GA 30115

Dear Judges:

My name is Rebecca McGehee and I chose to do a blood drive for my senior

project. I have always been interested in all aspects of medicine and nursing. Even as a

small child I said I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. The medical field fascinates

me and I believe it is my purpose in life to help people while doing what I love. In the

summer of 2009 I was selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on

Medicine. This program was a nine day camp at Emory University for high school

students interested in entering the medical field in the future. After attending the camp I

was determined to be able to have experiences similar to that for the rest of my life.

My final product, to display the whole experience, is a scrapbook. The scrapbook

contains pictures of the process on the day of the drive. Even though the blood drive was

a success, there were a few obstacles along the way. When I first decided to do a blood

drive for my senior project, I spoke with Mr. Peacock about organizing one of the blood

drives we do at school. I planned on doing that and then came to find out that the blood

drive I was going to organize was scheduled for after senior boards. After finding that out

I contacted the Red Cross to organize a blood drive on my own. Since I had to quickly

come up with a new plan for a blood drive I had little time to find a location. I decided to

host it at my dad’s church in Woodstock. The church did not have much space for an

event like this but the Red Cross and I made the location work and came up with a plan

for placement of all of the needed equipment.

Through the challenges and the experience as a whole I discovered the importance

of obtaining certain skills and overcoming negative work habits. I have always been a

major procrastinator and probably should have started on the whole senior project process

earlier. However, I now realize that getting stuff done ahead of time makes everything

easier and less stressful. This project has also made me realize how important

organization skills are. The career I am interested in is nursing. More specifically, I am

looking into becoming a Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). For education I am going to attend

Kennesaw State University and major in pre-nursing. Following completing my core

classes I hope to enter the nursing program at Kennesaw. I aspire to get my RN degree

and then proceed to get my BSN. From there I would enter Nurse Anesthetist School to

finally become a CRNA.

Through this experience I did learn a lot about myself and my work ethics. Also, I

realized what I need to work on. I did not enjoy the amount of stress that the project put

on us. However, the blood drive was worth it in the end. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Rebecca McGehee