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or at the University of Georgetown Vince Lombardy Cancer Research Center, to put on a puppet show or maybe just to sing to her.
And the hands that went out to Jessie and Lanise are reaching others, too.
Originally, friends wanted to donate blood for Jessie. However, it takes 20 pints of blood for each transfusion of platelets given to the girl. Plus, her hospitalization insurance covers the cost of transfusions. But friends learned the Red Cross needed blood. Now, instead of driving, en masse, to Georgetown Hospital to give blood for Jessie, friends are collecting names of those who will pledge a pint. Sign-up sheets will be circulated at Friday’s dinner. When enough volunteers are found, the Red Cross said it will dispatch a bloodmobile here.
The blood won’t necessarily go to Jessie, but it will go to someone else who needs help just as desperately.
Helping hands are being turned in another direction by Steve Scoggin, a minister who will offer the blessing at Jessie’s dinner. As he sold tickets, Rev. Scoggin discovered that some folks who were unable to attend the dinner were nonetheless buying tickets. He suggested that fund organizers ask the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Center, which holds the senior center nutrition program here, if those elderly clients could use the tickets.
At press time, Sally Morgan, head of aging services, was tracking down a driver for the van to transport those citizens to the dinner in Castleton. Their needs would be provided courtesy of the people who wanted to support the benefit but could not come to the dinner.
“The response we’ve had from everyone we’ve asked for help has been so heartening,” said Jane Mulr
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