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Join Vitalant, women’s health advocates and the community to honor and support women who have experienced pregnancy-related complications. Donate for Mothers is a meaningful way for individuals and groups to honor, support and celebrate the diverse mothers in their lives by donating blood or hosting a blood drive any day throughout the year. To find out more about Donate for Mothers, click here.
The Colorado Donate for Mothers initiative was an incredible success in 2024.
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There are two ways to register to donate blood in support of the Donate for Mothers in May cause:
OPTION 1: Give blood with Donate for Mothers in May at a Vitalant blood drive or donation center.
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Other Donate for Mothers Blood Drives in Vitalant's Mountain Division.
North Dakota and South Dakota:
May 12, 2025 - Rapid City, SD May 22, 2025 - Rapid City, SD May 23, 2025 - Rapid City, SD May 23, 2025 - Rapid City, SD |
May 9, 2025 - Fargo, ND |
OPTION 2: Give blood with Donate for Mothers no matter where you live.
- Simply join the Donate for Mothers virtual blood drive by choosing your preferred donation center below and clicking the link.
- After you join, you will be redirected to our scheduling site where you can then enter your preferred zip code to make an appointment at any Vitalant donation center or blood drive.
- Be sure to use the same email address you used to join the virtual blood drive when you donate to ensure your donation will count toward Donate for Mothers.
Boulder 3113 28th St. Boulder, CO, 80304 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Colorado Springs 3670 Austin Bluffs Pkwy., Ste. 110 Colorado Springs, CO, 80918 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Golden 13952 Denver West Pkwy. Bldg. 53, Ste. 150 Golden, CO, 80401 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Greeley 1831 65th Ave., Unit 2 Greeley, CO 80634 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Denver 717 Yosemite St. Denver, CO 80230 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Parker 10233 S Parker Rd Suite #107 Parker, CO 80134 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Littleton 5066 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Ste. 111 Littleton, CO 80123 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Westminster 960 W. 124th Ave. Westiminster, CO 80234 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Highlands Ranch 541 West Highlands Ranch Parkway Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Grand Junction 561 25 Rd Suite 102/B Grand Junction, CO 81505 Join the Virtual Blood Drive! |
Donors may also participate in the Donate for Mothers Virtual Blood Drive at Vitalant's Rocky Mountain donation centers.
LaDonna was 22 weeks pregnant with her first child when she contracted Fifth Disease, which caused her daughter Shantae to stop producing red blood cells. LaDonna only had five percent of her amniotic fluid and needed four intrauterine blood transfusions and 16 amniocenteses to save her daughter Shantae’s life.
LaDonna now competes for USA track and field, is a blood drive coordinator. She and Shantae are both blood donors.
"You may not know where your blood is going, but you know it's going to be used in the right way,” LaDonna said. “You never know when someone is going to need that blood."
Kristin was asleep in bed in the middle of the night when her water broke. Several minutes later she started having a seizure and losing blood. Her husband called the paramedics, and she was rushed to the hospital where she needed an emergency C-section. She suffered from a rare but life-threatening pregnancy complication called an Amniotic Fluid Embolism, and she needed 26 blood transfusions to save her life. When Kristin woke up in the ICU 48 hour later, the first thing she said to her husband was “why are all of these people in our bedroom?”
“I’m just grateful for every moment that I get to be here,” Kristin said. “There are so many people to thank. The paramedics, my husband for calling 911, the doctor that was on-call, but I truly would not be here today if it weren’t for blood donors. I had a massive hemorrhage where I was bleeding out and I would not be alive if those 26 units had not been on the shelf when I arrived at the hospital.” Pregnancy complications like Kristin’s are why we Donate for Mothers.
Robin needed multiple blood transfusions after giving birth to her son, Cameron, which caused her to lose about 40% of the blood in her body. It was because of volunteer blood donors that she was able to see her son grow up.
“To have the opportunity to be a mom and to still be there for my kids means the world to me,” Robin said. “There’s not a day that goes by that I’m not thankful for all of the people that donate blood every single day that change lives and save lives."
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