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Blood Donors Can Save Lives on the Go with New Vitalant Mobile App

May 2, 2022 — Saving lives just got easier with the new Vitalant mobile app. Donors can make and manage blood donation appointments, access donation history and wellness information all at their fingertips. All donors who download and use the app in May to schedule their next appointment will be entered to win one of five, $500 prepaid gift cards.

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Give One Last Gift this Holiday Season with a Blood Donation

Dec. 8, 2020 – Vitalant encourages new and existing donors of all blood types to give one last gift this holiday season by giving blood for patients in need. Giving blood, platelets or plasma continues to be an essential activity as designated by the U.S. Surgeon General and Federal Emergency Management Agency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three Ways to Connect this Holiday Season and Help Save Lives: Give Blood, Platelets or COVID Plasma

Nov. 17, 2020 – As the pandemic causes people to skip traveling and change family gatherings during the holidays, there are still three ways to commemorate the giving season and help support patients in need: donate blood, platelets or COVID plasma, also called convalescent plasma.

Joint Statement on the Blood Supply

Oct. 16, 2020 – The blood supply in the United States is critically low and the majority of the country’s blood centers are reporting significant declines in their blood collections. As the nation confronts new surges of COVID-19 cases, blood services organizations across the country are joining together to urge eligible individuals to make and keep an appointment to donate blood now.

Vitalant Donors Support Wildfire and Hurricane Zones with Blood Donations

Sept. 17, 2020 – Thanks to the generosity of blood donors, Vitalant sent additional units of blood to our locations in the West and South that were forced to temporarily close donation centers and cancel blood drives due to wildfires and Hurricane Sally. In addition, Vitalant has shipped more than 500 blood units so far to other blood centers in the fire and flooding zones to support area hospitals.

Vitalant First to Provide COVID-19 Antibody Positive Rates for 250,000 Blood Donors in Support of Pandemic Response Efforts

Sept. 10, 2020 — To support pandemic response and preparedness efforts, today, Vitalant became the first U.S. blood services provider to release COVID-19 antibody-positive rates of more than 250,000 blood donors, June through July 2020. Those with a positive diagnostic or antibody test result are encouraged to consider registering to become a convalescent plasma donor and potentially help patients fight the disease.

National Blood Donation Week (Sept. 1 - 7) Encourages New and Active Blood Donors to Save Lives

Sept. 1, 2020 — To encourage more people to become blood donors, Sept. 1 - 7, 2020 has been declared as National Blood Donation Week. New blood donors are needed every day to replace those who can no longer donate.