Response to New York Times coverage of Red Cross blood services
The American Red Cross is no stranger to intense scrutiny from the government, private organizations and the American public. Yesterday’s New York Times article regarding the organization’s efforts to reform blood collection and distribution processes is a hard-hitting piece that is reminiscent of scrutiny after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and Senator Grassley’s call to reform the [...]
Call to give blood
Over the weekend, the Red Cross issued a call for blood donation. The donor base is down, but on any given day, an average of 39,000 units of red blood cells are needed for patients in the United States. Blood helps cancer patients, surgical and trauma patients, burn victims, people with blood disorders, and many [...]
T-Shirt Design Contest Extended
Thousands of designers have visited the blog to check out the contest and we’ve gotten a lot of great submissions as a result. Thank you for your interest and excitement. Red Cross Biomedical Services (our partner in this contest) has decided to extend the contest deadline to April 11th. Their production schedule has been revised [...]
Clearing Up Some Misconceptions About Blood
Sometimes I have to do a little work whenever I run into someone who says they won’t donate blood with the Red Cross because they say we sell blood or that they would rather donate to whichever blood center may already be on campus. Donating somewhere – Red Cross or not – is always better [...]
Santa Monica Chapter Conducts Blood Drive at Santa Monica High School
The American Red Cross of Santa Monica (Calif.) conducted a blood drive at Santa Monica High School, the first time in years because a competing blood service had been previously collecting blood on campus. Through the efforts of members of the chapter’s Board of Directors (associated with the school district) and Red Cross Biomedical Services, [...]
Design Contest Launches
Know anyone with a good heart and a talent for design? Let them know about our national contest for the next American Red Cross blood donor t-shirt. In 2008-2009, every person that donates blood at high school or college – that’s 600,000 t-shirts – will wear their design! Oh, yeah. We will also provide a [...]
Penn State-Michigan State Blood Donor Challenge
Collecting blood on a college campus is never easy. There are different sponsor contacts each year, sometimes each semester; priorities are not what we want them to be; there may be no location to run a blood drive or it costs money to rent the space. One thing consistently works in our favor however, and [...]
Be Red Cross Ready
Hurricane Dean has barely subsided before Felix, another Category 5 storm, is headed our way. With the hurricane season in full swing, here are several ways that Red Cross youth volunteers can help their communities prepare and take part in disaster relief: Be Red Cross Ready – Three simple steps will help prepare you and [...]
