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Blood Drive Battle: How One Red Crosser Teamed Up with Red Cross Clubs to Support a Vulnerable Blood Supply

by Almer Yu, NHQ Volunteer Blog Writer April 20, 2022

When the American Red Cross announced a national blood shortage crisis in January, Red Cross volunteer Sujai Jaipalli responded by hosting a blood drive battle between three schools in the …

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Recovered COVID-19 Patients Help to Spread Hope Through Plasma Donation

by American Red Cross May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

More and more Americans are recovering from the coronavirus and seeking ways to help others that are in hospitals, isolated from loved ones and struggling to beat the virus. The …

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#MissingTypes: Helping Patients in Need

by American Red Cross July 1, 2019August 19, 2019

Did you know only three out of 100 people in the U.S. give blood? Yet each day, kids battling cancer, accident victims being raced into emergency rooms, and new moms …

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QUIZ: What Do You Know About Platelets?

by American Red Cross April 10, 2019May 1, 2019

Most people have heard of donating blood, but they haven’t heard about giving platelets. In fact, many people don’t even know what platelets are or who they can help. Do …

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9 Things to Know Before You Donate Blood in 2019

by American Red Cross January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

January is National Blood Donor Month. It’s also a difficult time of year to collect blood donations due to snowstorms and flu season. Last January, the American Red Cross had …

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The Gift of Life: A Blood Recipient’s Poem of Gratitude

by American Red Cross January 11, 2016

In 1998, Christi Mead Nielsen’s life was first touched by American Red Cross blood donors when she had two valves in her heart replaced. Over the next 12 years, she …

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