TITUSVILLE, Florida --The Florida Blood Centers will hold a Courtney Nash Memorial Blood Drive on the Big Red Bus parked in the Walmart parking lot in Titusville, Florida from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
The blood drive will provide donors with a free fandango movie ticket, water, juice, and snacks.
For more information, contact PJ Nash at (321) 302-0739.
16-year-old Courtney Nash of Mims, Florida died from a deadly brain-eating amoeba (Naegleria fowleri also
know as PAM Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis) that she contracted while swimming in the St. John's River.
PAM is caused by a microscopic amoebas (mostly Naegleria fowleri
species) commonly found in the upper layer of sediment in the bottom of
lakes and ponds with mud floors. They also can be present in poorly
maintained swimming pools and hot tubs. This infection cannot be spread
from person to person or contracted from a properly maintained swimming
pool.
