The Schaumburg Township Council of PTA’s is helping Heartland sponsor a blood drive on Tuesday, Feb. 14. It will be held from 1:30-7 p.m. in the boardroom at the School District 54 Administration Center, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg.

Anyone between the ages of 17 and 75 who weighs at least 110 pounds can participate.

A minimum of 600 pints of blood is needed every day for patients in area hospitals, according to Heartland. The Council of PTA’s host blood drives each year to help meet these needs.

To make an appointment, you must visit www.heartlandbc.org and click on Schedule an Appointment.

For more information about this blood drive, please contact Heather Collier, Health and Safety Chairperson of the PTA Council, at (708) 951-4118.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs is once again offering one-year $2,000 scholarships to eligible seniors graduating in 2012. There are three types of scholarships:

• Junior College/Trade School/Vocational School Scholarships for seniors graduating in the upper 50 percent of their class (up to two available);
• Four-Year College/University Scholarships for seniors graduating in the upper 30 percent of their class (up to seven available); and
• The Bonnie Greenberg Memorial Scholarship for a graduating special needs senior with a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The student need not be enrolled in special education classes, but must have a current IEP (one available).

All seniors who meet the following eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. For more information and an application, visit http://pta.sd54.org/highschoolscholarship.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTA’s is helping Heartland sponsor a blood drive on Thursday, Oct. 27. It will be held from 1:30-6:30 p.m. in the boardroom at the School District 54 Administration Center, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg.

Anyone between the ages of 17 and 75 who weighs at least 110 pounds can participate.

A minimum of 600 pints of blood is needed every day for patients in area hospitals, according to Heartland. The Council of PTA’s host blood drives each year to help meet these needs.

To make an appointment, visit www.heartlandbc.org and click on Schedule an Appointment.

For more information about this blood drive or to sign up to be a donor, please contact Heather Collier, Health and Safety Chairperson of the PTA Council, at (708) 951-4118.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTA’s is helping Heartland sponsor a blood drive on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. It will be held from 12:30-6 p.m. in the board room at the School District 54 Administration Center, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg.

Heartland Blood Centers is reporting an urgent need for blood donors to rebuild blood inventories that have plummeted due to the winter storm.  Heartland, like most organizations, was closed Feb. 2, and as a result lost a full day of blood collections, yet continued to ship blood products to hospitals which further depleted blood inventories. To compound the problem, collections were very low on Feb. 1 and 3 due to the weather. Heartland needs a staggering 600 volunteer blood donors every day in order to meet the transfusion demands of patients in their 38 member hospitals.

The Council of PTA’s hosts blood drives each year to help meet these needs. To make an appointment, visit www.heartlandbc.org and click on Schedule an Appointment. Anyone between the ages of 17 and 75 who weighs at least 110 pounds can participate.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs is once again offering one-year $2,000 scholarships to eligible seniors graduating in 2011. There are three types of scholarships:

• Junior College/Trade School/Vocational School Scholarships for seniors graduating in the upper 50 percent of their class (up to two available);
• Four-Year College/University Scholarships for seniors graduating in the upper 30 percent of their class (up to nine available); and
• The Bonnie Greenberg Memorial Scholarship for a graduating special needs senior with a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The student need not be enrolled in special education classes, but must have a current IEP (one available).

All seniors who meet the following eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply:

• Attended a District 54 elementary school for a minimum of one year;
• Attended a District 54 junior high school for two years; and
• Will attend an accredited university, college, junior college, trade school or vocational school upon graduation.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs is not looking for straight-A students, but rather well rounded, hard-working students involved in extracurricular activities at school and in the community.

Applications are available at the Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs website at http://pta.sd54.org/high-school-scholarship. Students can also pick up applications at all District 211 high schools, St. Viator High School, the Illinois Math & Science Academy and the District 54 Administration Office, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, beginning Dec. 8, 2010.

Completed applications are due to the High School Student Services Offices or the District 54 Administration Office no later than 3 p.m. on Jan. 27, 2011. Recipients will be honored at the annual PTA Scholarship Recognition Dinner on May 4, 2011.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTA’s is helping Heartland sponsor a blood drive on Thursday, Oct. 28. It will be held from 1:30-6:30 p.m. in the board room at the School District 54 Administration Center, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg.

Anyone between the ages of 17 and 75 who weighs at least 110 pounds can participate.

A minimum of 600 pints of blood is needed every day for patients in area hospitals, according to Heartland. The Council of PTA’s hosts blood drives each year to help meet these needs.

To make an appointment, visit www.heartlandbc.org and click on Schedule an Appointment.

For more information about this blood drive or to sign up to be a donor, please contact Jean Lemp, Health and Safety Chairperson of the PTA Council, at (847) 310-8977 or by e-mail at jlemp@comcast.net.

What’s sexting? It’s a crime involving sending sexually explicit messages or photographs, usually between cell phones.

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs will host Sarah Migas, a speaker with the Illinois Attorney General’s High Tech Crimes Bureau, who will present an informative sexting seminar for ADULTS ONLYat 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Mead Junior High School, 1765 Biesterfield Road in Elk Grove Village. The seminar is designed to give parents the tools they need to keep their children safe.

The evening will begin with a short PTA general meeting at 6:30 p.m., followed by the parent seminar. Mead students will provide babysitting in another room of the school. For more information, call Laura Nevel, PTA Enrichment Chairperson, at (847) 330-0000.