Blood Center

Promotions & Special Events Calendar

We have three Donor Centers: Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park. Click here for maps to each.

Or click here to find a mobile blood drive in your area.

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GLT T-shirt 2013Featured Promotion» Giving is Groovy Tie Dye T-shirts
All Center Locations, as described below
• Palo Alto - Monday 6/24 - Saturday 6/29
• Mountain View - Monday 7/1 - Saturday 7/6
• Menlo Park - Monday 7/15 - Saturday 7/20

For those of you out there with 8 old worn out tie-dye T-shirts, it's time to trade up! This year's shirt is a lime green, and features black ink for the first time. The Grateful Life Tour shirts are making stops at each center, as shown in the tour dates above.

Featured Event» Donate at One of Our BBQs, Get a Tie-Dye T-shirt, Too!
Mountain View - Monday 7/1, Noon to 7:30 p.m.
Menlo Park - Thursday 7/18, Noon to 7:30 p.m.
We're really looking forward to our first BBQ at Burgess Park in Menlo Park, which will include all the burgers, dogs, salads, sweets and fixin's that our previous events have offered. We're planning something special for Palo Alto but it's not quite on the calendar yet.

Event» KBAY Visits Menlo Park
• Thursday, June 27,12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Menlo Park Center
The KBAY van is going to make a pit stop right at 445 Burgess Drive. Food, fun and prizes will be upstaged only by life-saving! DJs Sam and Lissa will be joining us for lunch from noon to 1:00 pm.

Ongoing Promotion» Monday Movie Madness
• Every Monday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Palo Alto, at Menlo Park (platelet appointments only) from 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Palo Alto & Menlo Park Centers

We need your help on Mondays. To thank you for coming in when we need you most, we'll give you one AMC Theatres movie ticket! On Mondays, donate at our Palo Alto center or give platelets at our Menlo Park center.
Please note: Menlo Park donors will receive their movie ticket in the mail following donation.

Ongoing Promotion» Hobee's Coupons
All Center Locations
Our friends at Hobee's are offering donors generous thank you gifts! When you next visit one of our Centers, just ask for the coupons at registration - Hobee's complimentary dinner entree with purchase of another dinner entree.

Ongoing Promotion» Sports Basement Coupons
All Center Locations
This local sports gear mecca is very popular with our donors. We’re so happy they support the good you do by providing percent-off coupons. You'll get a 10% discount off your entire purchase. Just ask for the coupon when you check in to donate.

Always available in our centers» Free “Thinking of You” Cards for Friends and Family
• All Centers, Canteens

You will now find Thinking of You cards in our canteens for your use. These are special note cards to send to a patient or someone else who would appreciate knowing you’ve done a good deed with them in mind.

Connect with us socially»
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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