By Gordon Williams Aubrey, Lacey, Gregory and Andre at the Dr. Drew Blood drive at Olympic College Filling the nation’s need for blood is a full-time job for the Red Cross, supplier of 40 percent of all the blood needed by U.S. hospitals. A Red Cross team was recently at work collecting blood at Olympic … Continue reading Dr. Charles Drew inspires a diverse blood drive at Olympic College
Why Diversity is the theme of the Dr. Charles Drew Blood Drive
Photo by Sharon Penn for the American Red Cross By Gordon Williams, Red Cross Volunteer True or false: All the blood collected by the American Red Cross is pretty much alike, no matter who donated that blood. The answer is “false,” and the reason it is false explains why the Red Cross will hold Seattle’s … Continue reading Why Diversity is the theme of the Dr. Charles Drew Blood Drive
CAYA set to host the first ever Dr. Charles Drew Blood Drive in Seattle
By Gordon Williams The Central Area Youth Association (CAYA) has played host to thousands of events in its 55-year history as a venerated gathering place for Seattle’s African-American community. Until now, though, it has never played host to a blood drive. Dr. Charles Drew, an African-American doctor and scientist whose research in the mid-20th century … Continue reading CAYA set to host the first ever Dr. Charles Drew Blood Drive in Seattle
Resolve to #GiveMoreLife
Make a resolution you can keep in 2019! Help the American Red Cross meet the urgent need for blood and platelets by resolving to give blood this January – National Blood Donor Month. Donating blood or platelets is a way to make a lifesaving impact in the new year for patients like Judy Janssen, who … Continue reading Resolve to #GiveMoreLife
Urgent Need for Blood Donors
The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donors to give now to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season. Blood and platelet donations often decline during the holidays. Regular donors are busy with holiday activities and travel, and severe winter weather may cause blood drive … Continue reading Urgent Need for Blood Donors
How the Red Cross (not vampires) Collects Blood in Forks
By Gordon Williams Photos by Heath Palen-McBee The American Red Cross is very serious when it comes to its mission of collecting human blood. After all, there is a call for blood somewhere in America once every two seconds and 40% of all the blood collected in the United States is collected by the Red … Continue reading How the Red Cross (not vampires) Collects Blood in Forks
From the Patient’s Perspective
By Diane Toomey Lyani Valle, a Senior Program Manager with Amazon, volunteered to help with a recent blood drive at the Seattle office — one of many Red Cross blood drives now held by Amazon throughout the year. While Lyani herself is unable to donate, she “does what she can” to support the cause and has … Continue reading From the Patient’s Perspective
Special Delivery: Driving Blood to Seattle Hospitals
By Betsy Robertson Bob Tykulsker has been a Red Cross volunteer since December of 1997. It’s one of two ways the retired software developer now spends what used to be his “work” hours. The other is as a fill-in bus driver for the Mercer Island school district. When his Red Cross supervisor noticed a Commercial … Continue reading Special Delivery: Driving Blood to Seattle Hospitals
Blood Drives and Scholarships
Two Aberdeen High School students will be able to add "American Red Cross Scholarship Recipient" to their transcripts this spring. The seniors each earned $500 for their efforts to organize, promote and host a Red Cross blood drive on their school campus. A handful of schools and students in our Northwest Region are currently utilizing … Continue reading Blood Drives and Scholarships
Delivering Blood is a Life-Saving Mission for this Volunteer
By: Amy McCray Edited by: Nancy Waddell When Ron Rockstrom retired, he was looking for ways to give back to his community in Yakima, Washington. He volunteered at local hospitals and senior centers before he joined the Red Cross in February 2016, when he became a driver for the biomedical division in south central Washington. … Continue reading Delivering Blood is a Life-Saving Mission for this Volunteer
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