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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.

AHA & DAMN center drive
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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• Thursday, March 29,
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Hillview Center
Global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity are three of the most signifi cant problems facing the world today. This talk discusses a plan to solve the problems by powering 100% of the world’s energy for all purposes, including electricity, transportation, industry, and heating/cooling, with wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) within 20-40 years. Read more»

Stanford Blood Center Donors Can Now Use Points to Help Youngsters at Packard Children's Hospital
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Stanford Blood Center to Offer Financial-Planning Seminar for Donors
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Newark Toddler Will Mark First Birthday By Hosting Blood Drive For Stanford Blood Center
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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 »

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