kinder, the president of the p-t-s-o says the idea for a blood drive came to her shortly after kendall bayne's memorial service. kendall passed away in october.. after fighting a rare form of cancer for nearly five years. her fellow classmates.. students from other schools and the entire community rallied around kendall during help with medical bills. and that fighting spirit continues this morning.. as the students at her high school will donate blood to help other people in similar situations. its very important to cancer patients to donate blood. most people think when they're donating their blood is going to go to a car accident or gunshot victim. cancer patients are one of the number one recipients of blood products. bump to: sot it was unanimous, timing wasn't right to do it until after the first of the year and then we lost another student, hannah, so we decided that right now is probably the best time to do it. hannah bryynt.. a 20-15 graduate of cave spring high school, passed away earlier this year after her battle with cancer. bryant was enrolled as a freshman at j-m-u when she pass

honor of kendall bayne.. who passed away in october after fighting a rare form of cancer for nearly five years. as she went through treatment.. her fellow classmates.. students from other schools.. and the entire community rallied around kendall-- raising money to help with medical bills. the goal was to have 60 students donate.. and already 102 have signed up. her brother connor, says his family appreciates the help and is grateful for the continued support. sot kendall had several blood transfusions and she was always just so thankful that people were willing to donate their blood to help her and to help save people's lives. bump to sot this is a great way for students to give back, an honor drive for kendall and hannah because both students had to have a lot of blood products. so this raises awareness for cancer patients and why it's so important to donate blood. continue vo this drive is only for cave spring high school students-- but another public blood drive in their honor is in the works for mid-may.

kendall bayne and hannah bryant ... lost their battles to cancer. kendall passed away in october and hannah passed away earlier this year. according to virginia blood services, 76 units were collected which equals to 228 patients lives affected by today's blood drive. "the blood drive was advertised on our school lunch and everyone came together and used this as an opportunity to help people especially for kendall and hannah." today's blood drive was not open to the public ... but there drive open to the entire community in memory of the girls in may. teenagers tackle safe driving... to keep roads safe. what they're doing to get fatal crashes were caused by a and 46% were speed related. wsls ten's jenna zibton explains the local efforts... to educate teens about safety in tonight's education matters. more than 30 middle and high school groups are raising awareness about the dangers of speeding and the importance of wearing a seat belt... so they can get their classmates to make better decisions. the campaign is called "mission:possibl e. buckle up. d

showed up to give blood at the high the private blood school's parent- teacher-student- honored kendall bayne and hannah bryant. both students lost their battle to cancer in recent months. kendall's brother gave blood toay, and says his sister would have been proud. connor: it means a lot. it's really great what everyone is doing. from personal experience, from my sister, she had several blood transfusions and she as always so thankful that people were willing to donate blood to help save lives. virginia blood services says all the blood donated to today will stay local and each person who donated saved three lives. there are plans to host another blood drive and open it to the public. the israeli ambassador to the united states says liberty university is the most pro-israel place in the united states. ron dermer made those comments during the school's convocation this morning, where he was the featured speaker. dermer gave of israel's history and the threats it currently faces in the middle east. he encouraged his evangelical audience to stand with israel, just as he said the country is stan

yesterday's private blood drive, hosted by the school's parent-teacher- student- organization, honored kendall bayne and hannah bryant. both students lost their battle to cancer kendall's brother gave blood, and says his sister would have been proud. connor bayne: "it means a lot. it's really great what everyone is doing. from personal experience, from my sister, she had several blood transfusions and she as always so thankful that people were willing to donate blood to help save lives." virginia blood services says all the blood donated will stay local and each person who donated saved three lives. there are plans to host another blood drive and open it to the public. a christiansburg man who has answered thousands of emergency calls is getting special recognition. kelly walters was honored during thursday's general assembly session for his 52 year career as a volunteer and paid rescue squad professional. he was the first full- time paid captain at the christiansburg rescue squad. now at 79, he's still responding to calls and making plans for expansion at the riner volunteer rescue squad. walters h

the drive is in honor of kendall bayne and hannah bryant. the original goal was to have 60 students donate, but the school has far surpassed that-- with 102 already signed up to donate today. a blood drive open to the public is being scheduled for may. let's check in with storm team meterologist kristina montuori. friday: mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s & lower 50s saturday: sun & clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday: isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday: scattered showers possible with highs in the middle 50s tuesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice possible with highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s wednesday: passing rain showers light snow & ice the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for