School custodian’s mom hosts blood drive in his memory
The cafeteria of P.S. 102 was converted into a blood donation center for four hours on Thursday, as a steady stream of people showed up at the Bay Ridge elementary school to donate blood in memory of the school’s late custodian.
Mathiew Johnson, who worked for several years at the school at 211 72nd St., died of a heart attack while on the job in 2013. He was 42 years old.
His mother, June Johnson, a retired school secretary and a member of Community Board 10 (Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights), organized a blood drive in his name at P.S. 102 last year and the event was so successful, with a total of 100 pints of blood collected, she decided to hold one again this year.
She obtained permission from P.S. 102 Principal Cornelia Sichenze to hold the event in the school cafeteria.