Sept. 23-27, 2024
Join the celebration as we recognize Vitalant's blood drive coordinators during the 4th annual Blood Drive Coordinator Appreciation Week! Blood drive coordinators are vital to saving patients' lives and are the heart of every blood drive. You provide convenient locations for donors at places of work and worship, at schools, community locations and more.
Your Blood Drives Save Patients Like Erin.
Erin is a cancer survivor who received more than a dozen blood products over the course of her treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which included a bone marrow transplant. Erin's family now organizes an annual blood drive in their community to help raise awareness about the need for blood, and many of their friends are now regular blood donors.
“Blood donation is literally giving of yourself, there is no other comparison for it. When people are willing to do that and give of themselves, it makes me want to cry," Erin said. "Each time I received blood I thought about the donor, I wondered what their story was, and I wondered what led them to do that. It’s incredible." Please watch Erin’s story.
