Walker, Catoosa high schools win Blood Assurance Hero Grants

Pati Werkheiser, who moved to Rossville from Pennsylvania with her family when she was 10 years old, started giving blood at school when she was 17. “It just seemed like a good thing to do,” she said. “I like to help people and I’ve always been interested in medical things.”

“A friend and I started a competition with each other to see who could give the fastest,” Werkheiser said. “When my son got old enough, he became a donor, too.”