National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge

MigrantStudents.org announces the launch of the 4th Annual National Cesar E. Chavez Blood Drive Challenge. This national service learning program promotes the engagement of U.S. Latino/Hispanic college students as college campus organizers of in a national ‘Smart & Healthy’ education campaign with Cesar E. Chavez’s as its icon celebrating his legacy as an American civic leader devoted to improving the quality of life for the migrant/seasonal farmworker community. The four basic event objectives are to promote a) health education, b) health/science careers, c) civic engagement, and d) save lives! The campaign challenges each student organizer to coordinate a successful donor recruitment campaign culminating in a health education event featuring a 1- or 2-day campus blood drive to be held on or close to March 31st to celebrate Cesar E. Chavez’s Birthday.