MAY 21, 2024:
A junior at Stanley County High School is the winner of this year’s t-shirt design contest for the 20th annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns N Hoses Blood Drive.
Kaysen Magee’s design will serve as the inspiration for this year’s blood drive t-shirts and promotional images. Magee receives a $300 prize for submitting the winning entry.
The runner-up was Tate Westergreen, a senior at Pierre T.F. Riggs High School. Westergreen’s design will be featured on a special committee t-shirt honoring the 20th year of the blood drive. He gets a $100 prize for his design.
The 20th annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns n’ Hoses Blood Drive will be held in December (Dec. 4-6, 2024), but there’s a need for many blood donations between now and then. You can find a schedule of LifeServe Blood Center‘s upcoming blood drives by going to their website.
In January 2022, Avera switched it’s blood supplier from Vitalant to LifeServe, making LifeServe the only supplier of blood and blood products for all of Avera’s hospitals in South Dakota– including the ones in Gettysburg, Miller and Pierre.
Kaysen Magee with LifeServe Blood Center Territory Representative Abbie Arneson.
Courtesy photo.
Tate Westergreen with Pierre Volunteer Firefighter Paula Tronvold.
Courtesy photo.
APRIL 19, 2024:
High school students from Stanley County and Pierre have one week left (April 26, 2024) to create and submit their entries for the Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns ‘n Hoses Blood Drive t-shirt design contest.
The event works with LifeServe Blood Center and Territory Representative Abbie Arneson says this will be the 20th anniversary of the blood drive.
Arneson says the design of the winning entry will carry over to more than only the t-shirts.
How to submit entries?
The 20th annual Tyler Wilcox Guns n’ Hoses Blood Drive will be held in December, but Arneson says there’s a need for many blood donations between now and then.
You can find a schedule of upcoming blood drives in the LifeServe Blood Center service area on their website. You can also make your appointment to donate.
In January 2022, Avera switched it’s blood supplier from Vitalant to LifeServe, making LifeServe the only supplier of blood and blood products for all of Avera’s hospitals in South Dakota– including the ones in Gettysburg, Miller and Pierre.
Here are the contest rules:
- You must be a Pierre Riggs or Stanley County High School student.
- Your design must incorporate the name of the blood drive and the year 2024.
- You can use up to 4 colors in your design, but it must include red and blue.
- The design can be sketched or created digitally.
- To submit your artwork, visit lifeserve.info/gnhdesign
- Submissions will be accepted until April 26th, 2024.
APRIL 10, 2024:
This year (2024) will be the 20th annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial Guns ‘n Hoses Blood Drive in Fort Pierre and Pierre.
The event works with LifeServe Blood Center and Territory Representative Abbie Arneson says organizers want to get students in the Pierre and Stanley County school districts involved.
Arneson says the winning art entry will be used as the design for the t-shirts given away to this year’s blood donors.
Additionally, Arneson is hoping to have more local businesses sponsor and donate prizes to this year’s blood drive.
Entry deadline for the art contest is April 26, 2024.
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