Why Host a Blood Drive
Why Host a Blood Drive
One person can help save hundreds of lives by hosting a blood drive. It's a rewarding experience.
One person can help save hundreds of lives by hosting a blood drive. It's a rewarding experience.
What a Host Does
- Provides a suitable location. A large, open space is best, so we can create separate zones for conducting confidential eligibility assessments and collecting donations.
- Publicizes the blood drive. The more people who know about your blood drive 鈥� both within your organization and in the community 鈥� the more donors you can sign up. 听
- Organizes a recruitment committee to recruit donors. Face-to-face requests are the most effective form of recruitment. Don鈥檛 do this alone; build a team to help spread the word. 听
- Schedules donors for appointments.听Plus, you鈥檒l do follow ups during the drive to ensure donors don鈥檛 miss their appointments, and reach out afterward to say thank you.听
A Win-Win Partnership
As a blood drive coordinator you will听take leadership; work with many groups or people across your organization; bring people together in a spirit of teamwork to make听your event successful;听and promote a cause that could听help save millions of lives each year.
Everybody Wins
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Patients听are able to receive the lifesaving blood they urgently need.
Your organization听builds goodwill and improves team spirit by working together to help others.
You听show leadership in bringing volunteers and donors together for a good cause.
Special Opportunities for Students
We have special programs for student leaders who choose to make a difference by hosting a blood drive.