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Blood Drive Coordinators Get Special Recognition for Recruiting New Donors

Do you remember your first blood donation? Was it at a blood drive? Blood drives are the way many people make their first blood donation. That’s because blood drives at work, school, houses of worship and community centers make it convenient for people to take that first step to becoming a lifelong blood donor.

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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. 

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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.  

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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?

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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.  

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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. 

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