At our recent annual awards banquet, (April 29th in Waco), Hillsboro’s ‘Battle of the Guns and Hoses”, received an award for 2009 Newcomer of the Year in Carter BloodCare’s – North Central Region of its Central Texas operations. ‘Battle of the Guns and Hoses’ is a coalition made up of the Hillsboro Police and Fire Departments and the Hill County Sheriff’s Office. Three battles have been held to date. A traveling trophy moves throughout the three offices based on who got the most votes from the people who donated blood at that ‘battle’.
Carter BloodCare serves 56 counties in North, Central and East Texas. In Central Texas we have 4 sub-regions, one for each Account Consultant. The Account Consultant for the Hillsboro area, which is in our North Central Region, is Dawn Radke. Our North Central region includes Hill County and McLennan County north of the Brazos River. The hospitals in Dawn’s service area are Hill Regional in Hillsboro and Lake Whitney Medical Center in Whitney.
Our keynote speaker for the evening was Sgt. Kim Munley, one of the two officers who stopped the Fort Hood shooter. She was fantastic. I don’t have a copy of her speech to share with you, but I can tell you the gist of it, which was a recounting of the events of November 5th from her perspective, including details of her injuries and her recovery. She also thanked Carter BloodCare’s blood donors for helping save lives every day, including hers. She acknowledged that she wouldn’t be standing there talking to them that evening if it hadn’t been for the blood that was available when she needed it. And she said that as a result of the shooting she had learned how the blood process works, because she didn’t know before. She received a standing ovation when she was introduced and when she was finished speaking. We also presented her with a Texas shaped plaque thanking her for her service to the community and to Carter BloodCare and we also gave her a dozen yellow roses. Below is the introduction to her speech
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“As Janet said, the response to the tragedy on Fort Hood was truly amazing and it touched all of our hearts. We thought it was only appropriate that tonight you get to hear directly from someone who benefited from that gift of life.
Sgt. Kimberly Munley, a 34-year old mother of two and civilian police officer with the Fort Hood Police Department, was washing her patrol car when the shooting broke out. Munley was on the scene in less than two minutes. She then confronted the shooter and exchanged fire. She was hit three times, in one hand and in both legs.
That part of it everyone knows. What you may not know is that Sgt. Munley lost more than half of her blood at the scene. Miraculously, she remained conscious all the way up until they gave her anesthesia for surgery. Upon arrival at the emergency room at Metroplex Health System, they immediately transfused six units of blood into her. She received more blood in each of the two surgeries she underwent there, for a total of eight units within the first twelve hours.
Sgt. Munley has come a long way since then, but the recovery process is still underway. Despite that, Sgt. Kim Munley is with us tonight to share her story. Please join me in giving her a big welcome.”
It’s important to know that the average person has 10 units of blood in their body. For women, it generally ranges from 8-10 units, for men 10-12 units. In Kim’s case, I would venture to say she is closer to 8 units, simply based on the fact that she is so tiny. She is 5-foot-two inches tall and slim built. So basically, if she received 6 units in the ER, that means she lost ¾ or most of her blood at the scene. As for her recovery – she is walking with a cane right now. She has had a knee replacement and she is facing the possibility of more surgery. She is in rehab and that leg is about 65%. She said the whole recovery process has been slower than she expected. (Isn’t it always?!) She was very genuine.
The full list of the evening’s awards is as follows:
Highest Number of Units Drawn in a Single Day – Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center for their blood drive on December 9, 2009, which drew 77 units.
Highest Number of Units Drawn Annually – Baylor University’s Alpha Phi Omega – a repeat winner. In 2009 they collected 1,116 units of blood.
Highest Number of Units Drawn in a Single Day at a High School Blood Drive – Midway High School – for collecting 220 units on Nov. 13, 2009.
Highest Number of Units Drawn Annually in 2009 at a High School Blood Drive – Mexia High School. 245 units were drawn in blood drives held on May 13th and November 17th.
Highest Percentage of Participation Annually at a High School – Abbott High School with 331% participation in 2009, for drives held on January 6th, March 12th, May 12th and October 22nd. (This is based on number of students at the school versus actual donors. They are very good about getting the community to come out to their high school blood drives – plus they have 4 drives per year compared to the average 2 other high schools have, hence the 331% number.)
Newcomer of the Year – CBC – Central Texas – Northeast Region = Insurance Licensing Services of America – Groesbeck.
Newcomer of the Year – CBC – Central Texas – North Central Region = Battle of the Guns & Hoses – Hillsboro (a coalition of the Hillsboro Police Department, Fire Department and Hill County Sheriff’s Office)
Newcomer of the Year – CBC – Central Texas – South Central Region = A.T.I. – Waco
Newcomer of the Year – CBC – Central Texas – Walmart – Lampasas.
Circle of Life – Individual – Stuart Schoppert of Workforce Solutions Center – Corsicana.
Circle of Life – Corporate – Texas Farm Bureau – Waco
Community of the Year – Hamilton
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