Thursday, February 9»
Many of you participated in our first “check in” promotion last year to earn the coveted “Prove You’re Human” T-shirt. This year, we’ve got another fun thank you gift for our social media-minded donors; a sleek aluminum travel mug featuring hashtags as seen on Twitter. From February 13 to February 18, we encourage you to check in to one of our three Center locations on Foursquare or another location-based social network. Your online community of friends will instantly know that you’re saving lives, and ALL of your friends will want to snag your mug!

#coffee #tea #POG

Thursday, January 26»
Just three months before she passed away, Michelle Moskalik wrote a letter thanking blood donors for helping to improve her quality of life. Her family has graciously allowed us to share it. Click here to read.

Wednesday, January 25»
Thanks to "Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics" of Stanford University and "Doubters, Agnostics, Mythbusters & Nontheists" of DeAnza College for their 13-unit contribution to our inventory Saturday. It's much appreciated.

Pictured left to right: Catherine Zaw, James Grayson, Armand Rundquist,
Leonard Tramiel, Pooja Dagli, Joshua Loftus, & Maxwell Shapiro

Friday, January 20»
Another great new option has been added to our donor store! Now Stanford Blood Center donors can choose to donate their points to buy toys and gifts for patients at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The blood center will work directly with the hospital to determine the greatest needs for patients and deliver the gifts four times per year. Click here to read the news release.

Thursday, January 12»
Stanford Blood Center donors help to save lives in our community with each donation. Now donors can also help to save lives abroad. A new option in our donor store allows donors to contribute points to improve the condition of blood centers in Nigeria. Click here for more information.

Thursday, January 5»
Many of you have unique reasons for donating blood. Perhaps you or a close friend needed a life-saving blood transfusion. Or maybe you do it for the cookies and POG! Using the reach of our social media channels, we'd like to take the opportunity to share your stories with the goal of inspiring others.

How to get involved:
• On our Facebook page, share what motivates you to donate blood.
• In a few words on Twitter, let your followers know: #WhyIGiveBlood. Be sure to mention @giveblood!
• If you have a story that we may be able to feature on our blog, please send an email to sbcsocialmedia@lists.stanford.edu. Check out other featured stories by clicking here.

 

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