You’re Invited to Host a Holiday Blood Drive
Did you know it’s common for blood centers to have difficulties sustaining the blood supply around major holidays?
People take vacations, schools go on break and most organizations reduce the activities on their calendars. These everyday occurrences have a direct impact on the blood supply: fewer blood drives and blood donations get scheduled.
Working Together to Make Positive Impacts: A Letter from Mitzy Edgecomb
Giving people an opportunity to help others creates a sense of belonging and wellbeing. As a blood drive coordinator, you create many positive impacts on your community.
Highland High School
For 14 years in a row, Highland High School has won Vitalant’s High School Blood Drive Challenge in Arizona. What’s their secret?
Supporting Patients in the New Year: A Letter from Mitzy Edgecomb
2021 was a year of uncertainty but it was also a year of remarkable comebacks. Here at Vitalant, we are also looking forward to sustaining our mission on behalf of thousands of patients nationwide in partnership with you.
Memory of Lost Patient Inspires Blood Drive Coordinator Sheri Earp to Save Lives for 50+ Years
When it comes to saving lives, it’s hard to find a coordinator more dedicated than Sheri Earp, the leader of the Pine/Strawberry community blood drive in Arizona. But it is easy to understand why she is so devoted.
Honor National Blood Donor Month with Your New Year's Resolution
On December 31, 1969, the U.S. president designated January as National Blood Donor Month (NBDM). The new monthly observance was meant to honor voluntary blood donors and to encourage more people to give blood at a time when more blood is needed.