East Cobb student tutors hold blood drive, CPR training

East Cobb student tutors blood drive

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American Assimilation Helpline (AAH!) is an International non-profit org. established in 2017 by three students—Abhishek Kona (a Senior at Walton High School), Abhinav Kona (a Senior at Walton High School) and Elly Kang (a Junior at Marist School). AAH! is dedicated to provide free, virtual, one-on-one academic assistance to students from low income, immigrant and refugee backgrounds.
We’ve conducted a health fair and successful blood drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross on Sunday, Sept. 5, from 2-7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation (1200 Indian Hills Parkway, Marietta, GA).

About ~25 elementary and middle school students attended the CPR training sessions within our health camp. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the most important first aid tasks that must be known by everyone. CPR skills will help children to not just save a person’s life and also provided information about how to respond to the emergency situation. This includes calling 9-1-1 or the local hospital in case a person has suffered a heart attack.
As a Blood Drive Coordinator, the AAH! Health department takes leadership in working with Red Cross to bring people together in a spirit of teamwork and make the event successful, as well as promote a cause that could help save millions of lives each year. It’s a deeply rewarding experience in that patients are able to receive the lifesaving blood they urgently need. Through this blood drive, American Assimilation Helpline (AAH!) has collected nearly 30 pints of blood from 28 donors and saved around 84 lives, as each donation can save up to 3 lives on average.

East Cobb student tutors blood drive