Today, I went to Medfield High School to check in again with my inside mentor about my schedule. I also sat down with her to map out what my Wednesday schedule would look like since that is the day of the wellness fair. We also talked about the plan for showing Nancy the Medfield High School gym where the blood drive will be held. Nancy must look at the space to document and proceed with the documentation process. After I left Medfield High School at extended passing time, I walked to the Medfield Public Library. I quickly grabbed some lunch for later and headed to the Medfield Public Library to eat and work.

I was given the task to do 100 take-and-make bags. These bags are for the kids who come to the children's center in the library to do arts and crafts at home! Today, the take-and-make bags were for the summer reading program that the library has going on. The theme this time for the take-and-make bags was space. These bags are in a program where kids are given different books to read about space while having hands-on creative projects. This allows for the kids to learn about space through books, make arts and craft projects in space, and potentially win the big prize in the end! Each bag had to have one white rectangular card, one string, one plastic mini cup, three plastic mini cups, a strip with 4 planets, and a mini paper astronaut. This whole project took me from 10:49 to 2:15 since there were 100 take-and-make bags to make. This also took very long because I packed all of the take-and-make bags by myself! Overall, I had an amazing time making these little arts and crafts projects!

Today, Nancy came to the building to inspect the gym! This is very important since the documentation process is very specific. Nancy took pictures of the space and counted how many electrical sockets there were in the gym. We also had to figure out where the truck's loading dock would be since the phlebotomist has very specific rules. She also told me that the setup of the drive could change depending on who the supervisor is on the day of my drive. The loading dock is an essential part of the actual blood drive since that's where the unloading and loading of the supplies will be. The original spot for the loading dock was supposed to be the outside entrance to the cafeteria, but since the guidelines only say that there should be no more than 7 steps in a staircase, and there were 8, we couldn't use that entrance.

Today's inspection turned out great! Nancy and I have solidified where the loading dock would be. Instead, we are using the door near the wellness rooms in the high school that leads to the pick-up of the buses. We also discussed which doors should be opened and which doors should remain locked for the safety of the school. I will need to reach out and meet with Bill Deking to make sure that the rules for locking the doors are followed.  Overall, this inspection turned out great, and I was very happy to see Nancy! 

Today I spent the whole day at school! I went to Mrs. Rimbey to start drafting an email to faculty and staff to let them know about my blood drive. I also drew a layout of the space and updated Mrs. Rimbey about the meeting with Bill and what he had said about the doors being locked.

This Saturday I have the stuffed animal clinic! This is where kids bring in their stuffed animals from home and bring them to the Medfield Public Library to have for a doctor's appointment. The whole point of this mini event is to desensitize the kids for when they have to go to the doctors. With this clinic, other "doctors" will play the parts of doctors to their stuffed animals and show them that the process of going to the doctor is okay and is meant for them to get better. This can also get the kid to be less scared of the doctors on their next visit!