In the August 17, 2011, edition of the Floyd County Times, the feature story in the Lifestyles section was a story about students at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center assisting the Kentucky Blood Center during a drive that took place on the center’s campus August 9.

Just two short months after a blood drive that saw 70 students at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center turn out to donate blood to the Kentucky Blood Center, an August 9 blood drive held in the gymnasium on center at Perkins again saw students come out to save lives.

Kentucky Blood Center Recruitment Specialist Richard Davis said 55 students from Perkins came out on August 9 to donate blood, a number that will save more than 100 lives, adding that Carl D. Perkins is often the top facility for donations during each of their quarterly drives.

The feature story included a primary, full color picture of student Alexander Carter giving blood along with the article.