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today's needs Blood Shortage Did you know...? About every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. That means, this many people have needed blood since you arrived here: Save lives! Call 888-723-7831 and make a donation appointment today! Connect with SBC Share this via... Email Facebook	in the spotlight Special notice: Flu vaccinations—even H1N1 Swine flu shots—have no bearing on your eligibility, so come on down and donate blood! Friday, October 30» Fire and police service personnel, with family and friends, in San Mateo County, honored an ill Menlo Park firefighter, Randy Kelly, with a huge out pouring of support in the way of blood donations in his honor. 40 individuals donated on 3 planned days, with numerous others stopping in to donate over the past 10 days. What a remarkable display of goodness on behalf of a public service colleague! Carl Kustin, Dave Dickinson, Marco Dito, Tom Smith, Nicole Stoney-Mattias, and Jason Martibn Left photo: Jason Martin, John Renner, Glen Grant, and Chuck Papangellin; Right photo: Ray Abel, Denise Abel, Troy Holt, Bill Gilmore, and John Renner Thursday, October 22» After this morning's touching event with donors who have each given blood more than 100 times, we're focused on the reason behind so much generosity: patients. Check out this latest installment of the "Why give blood?" series, featuring Ron Preston: Our YouTube channel has more videos like this. Tuesday, October 20» We're so excited about honoring our 100+ time donors at a breakfast on Thursday morning! Read more» Monday, October 12» Our donors continue to amaze us—Dennis Barton rode in a 508-mile bike race recently. Click the link below to see a re-cap video; Dennis is at minute 4:53 (sporting an SBC bike jersey!) http://www.the508.com/2009web/index.html Tuesday, October 6» "Why give blood?" part 2 features Meghan Masterson. You might recognize her from our brochures and events. In her fight with TTP, she needed transfusions of about as much blood as we typically collect in an entire week. Check it out» Friday, October 2» Here are our loyal donors from Urban Dog Walkers celebrating their chow time in our canteen! Thanks, folks! left to right: Gregory Kunkel, Christina Ellis, Karen Kunkel, and Andrew Huysmans Wednesday, September 23» We'll be uploading a new series of videos on our YouTube channel called "Why give blood?". Check out this one of Jeannie Callan-Smith; she is one very lucky lady, and we love having her as a blood donation advocate: Wednesday, September 16» The Wall Street Journal wrote about our "Giving Blood Works" events. Check it out here. Thursday, September 10» We're proud to be the primary blood supplier for the newest member of the El Camino Hospital family: El Camino Hospital Los Gatos. We're fortunate to have the opportunity to expand our region of support, and we look forward to sharing the generosity of our amazing volunteer blood donors with Los Gatos. Thursday, September 3» Update: our "Sounds and Sizzles" end-of-summer blood drive today is going great! Our staff are reporting an amazing turnout (they had to run out and buy more food!). There's still time to come by Arrillaga and donate blood at this drive. We'll take walk-ins till 7, live music begins at 5:30 and will go on until 8 or 9. above: Eric Stein, senior associate athletic director, rolled up his sleeve today - thanks Eric! We love partnering with BeWell! below, left: We shot the Sheriff! right: Aaahhhh, yeah. The sizzles. Tuesday, August 25» Click play below to check out a sweet drum solo from one of our celebrity advocates; producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter Narada Michael Walden: Click here for archived Spotlight Items»	Promotions & Events Promotion» Double Your Donation! • Saturday, November 14 through Saturday, November 21 • All Center locations Read more» Blood drive» RIVALS for LIFE • Tuesday, November 17, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation Read more» Event» Cafe Scientifique Children of the AIDS Crisis in Africa: How a Community’s Response Can Save a Child’s Life • Tuesday, November 17 • Hillview Center Read more» newS Big-time blood donors to be honored (October, 2009): SBC is hosting its annual breakfast in honor those who have given 100+ donations. Read more» SBC and Great America put on a ghoulish blood drive (October, 2009): Donate on Oct. 9 from 1 to 8 p.m. at the main entrance of Great America Parkway in Santa Clara and get a discount and other prizes. Read more» SBC holds event to educate public about H1N1 Swine Flu (September, 2009):Infectious-disease expert Arthur Reingold, MD, professor and head of the Division of Epidemiology at the University of California-Berkeley, will discuss the topic. Read more» Get career help and have a little fun with SBC (August, 2009):Two August events aim to serve community while helping us through the summer slump. Read more» Two notable community blood drives this month in San Jose (July, 2009): One with the San Jose Earthquakes and the other in honor of Ava Hernandez, blood recipient. Read more» Helping non-donors face their fear (May, 2009): Stanford Blood Center is holding an event to address one of the most elusive issues in blood donor recruitment: Fear. Read more » V-Day celebration drive at Packard Children's (February, 2009): The staff at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital knows first-hand the importance of blood donations and have joined forces with Stanford Blood Center to host a Valentine-themed blood drive on Friday, February 13, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the hospital school on the third floor. Read more » SBC holds event to help local job-seekers (January, 2009): Thirty donors who give blood at one of our three locations in Palo Alto and Mountain View between Feb. 2 and 19 will have the opportunity to attend a special career-counseling event on Feb. 19. Read more » PRISM testing updates If you've been told to hold off on donating due to a false-positive, read about the latest testing updates. Read more »