By becoming a Red Cross volunteer and managing a blood drive, you will be a member of a volunteer team that has, for over 100 years, worked each day to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters and emergencies. A team that has spanned the nation and the world, braving everything from war-torn battlefields to local disasters. A team that, every day, meets America’s critical blood needs.

The American Red Cross blood program is exceptionally rewarding because it offers a unique connection to the people you help. Blood donors literally give part of themselves to aid others in their communities. Red Cross blood serves the needs of local patients and hospitals – the link joining donor and patient is indeed a close, though anonymous, one. Red Cross blood donors really make a difference.

Coordinating a Red Cross blood drive offers a rare opportunity to realize the hero that lives in all of us – to make a difference between life and death. Consider this: A patient needs blood every two seconds. And there is a 97 percent chance that anyone – you, your family members, your friends – will someday need blood. By organizing a blood drive with the American Red Cross, you will be helping to make sure that whenever someone calls out for blood, there will be an answer.

You can help assure there is always enough blood for the sick and injured by organizing a blood drive sponsored by your place of employment or by a community organization, such as your church or school.

For information about sponsoring a blood drive,
call: 1-800-491-2113 or 213-739-5530