The Mac Observer

Skip navigational links

Featured Article: Review - Bento 2 Holiday Pack

Peabody Apple Store Gives Blood, Donates 12 Cases Of Evian To Red Cross

by , 3:00 PM EDT, September 14th, 2001

The Mac Geniuses of the Peabody Apple Store thought differently about what to do with their time on Tuesday, September 11th, after the Apple Store closed down for the day. The Peabody store is just outside of Boston and opened two weeks ago. Several of the store's employees wanted to do something to help, and decided to give blood at the local Red Cross.

"Apple allowed us to close the store," said David Schultz, one of the Mac Geniuses for the Store. "A bunch of us were sitting around feeling helpless, and we decided to give blood. We jumped in a bunch of cars and went down, including some guys from the Albany store." The Albany store employees are training in Peabody in preparation for the opening of Albany Apple Store.

When they got to the Red Cross they found there was already a line forming, and the Apple employees queued up. "We got in line for a while and hundreds of people showed up," said Mr. Schultz. They quickly found out that the Red Cross location had run out of water, and this is where the Geniuses thought differently. The group went back to the Apple Store and gathered the 12 cases of Evian bottled water that was in stock for promotional use.

Said Mr. Schultz, "We jumped in our cars, opened up the store and got all the water we could carry, all of it in fact, and drove it back." Once back at the Red Cross, they distributed the water to people in line. Some members of the group who were ineligible for giving blood due to overseas travel restrictions handed out water to Red Cross staff. "It was pretty cool," added Mr. Schultz.

Mr. Schultz also told the Mac Observer that one store employee, Ed Duffy, was among the National Guard Reserves that were called up and sent to New York to assist with the search and rescue operations. "It put a face on this for us, and that really brought it home."

The Peabody Apple Store closed for an hour today in observance of "The Day of Prayer," and the entire Mall will be closing for another hour at 6:00 PM Eastern this evening.

The Mac Observer Spin:

The Mac Observer salutes Scott Custon, Peter Bosse, Andy Holleran, Lance Trickey, Ryan Faas, and David Schultz Jr. for thinking differently and quickly. We also offer our thanks to Ed Duffy for his work in New York.

Observer Comments

Show: Subjects Only | Full Comments
Comment on this Article

Log in | Register | Having Problems? Reset TMO Cookies & Try Again
Username:   Password:   Log me on automatically each visit   

You are not logged in, and this post will appear as "Guest." Log in with your username and password from the TMO forums. If you do not have a username, you can register here.
Please note that guests are limited to including a maximum of two URLs per post.


Post A Comment
  Subject


  Your Comments



Please enter the word exactly as you see it in the image above. Registered users aren't prompted for this. Having trouble reading the image get a new one.


Recent Headlines - Updated Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Sat., 9:00 PM
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #135: Apple Lawsuits, Banned iPhone Ad, Green MacBook Ad
Fri., 12:45 PM
Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #178: Batch Permission Changes, Encrypting Follow-up, Re-Enabling AirPort, and GigE speeds
Thu., 1:30 PM
iPO Review - Scosche kickBACK iPhone case
7:00 AM
Happy Thanksgiving from TMO!
Wed., 6:00 PM
TMO Appearances - Nancy Gravley Joins MacJury Gift Guide
5:15 PM
TMO Visits The Bay, a Premium Apple Reseller in New Zealand
3:25 PM
iPO Oh the Games You'll Play - iPhone: The Wii of Handheld Gaming Devices?
2:15 PM
Sonnet Releases Simply Fast FireWire 800 to 400 Adapter
1:10 PM
Mac Gaming News - Disney Plans 1st Annual PotC Online Thanksgiving Event
12:05 PM
iPodObserver - UK Shuts Down iPhone 3G Ad
11:15 AM
TMO Appearances - Jeff Gamet on MacJury Gift Guide
10:30 AM
TMO Contest - TMO Announces Macworld Expo Pass Winners
9:50 AM
PhotoCopy 1.1 Adds iPhoto Event Support
9:15 AM
Acclivity Buys MYOB US
8:30 AM
Review - Bento 2 Holiday Pack
7:50 AM
Microsoft Offers Black Friday Office Discount
7:30 AM
iPO Quick Tip - iPhone: Google Street View
 

The Mac Observer Reader Specials

Apple Stock Quote

  • AAPL: $89.48. Change Today: -3.19.
  • (Prices delayed up to 20 minutes.)
  • Discuss in our Apple Finance Board

Hot Topics

Top Deals From DealsOnTheWeb