An Evanston Police detective won the “Most Innovative Blood Drive Coordinator for 2010” award from the Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers on Monday, police said.
Detective Tracy Williams won the award for his efforts to rally blood donors after his friend Detective Joseph Bush was injured in an accident on his way to work in November 2009, according to a police news release.
Williams arranged a blood drive that December through LifeSource, the largest blood center in Illinois. Williams created a website for the drive and visited police and fire departments around the Chicago area to promote it, bringing in almost 300 donors.
Williams received his award from LifeSource representative Margaret Vaughn and Illinois state representative Robyn Gabel in a Monday ceremony, according to the release.
