8th Annual Blood Drive with the Sharks Foundation
By Julie Peachey Each year, we partner with the Sharks Foundation to host our Save a Life blood drive, and each year, we are overwhelmed by the support we receive...
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The Beat Goes On
By Deanna Bolio, Communications Specialist, Stanford Blood Center Lexi loves to dance. From hip-hop to ballet, she loves it so much that she might take up to 13 dance classes in a week. The ongoing blood transfusions Lexi receives to...
Café Scientifique, up next: Academic Medicine: Leading the Biomedical Revolution
Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, will be speaking at our upcoming Café Scientifique series, this Thursday, January 30. Please join us at our Palo Alto center from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The challenges facing...
In lieu of gifts, donors ask for donations
By Julie Peachey Several years ago we introduced the idea of Center drives for small groups of friends who donate together at our Center locations. An alternative to hosting a larger, off-site blood drive, these groups (typically 5-10 people) are a...
#WhyIGiveBlood – So I can give to others what was given to me
By Mario Escudero There is one specific reason I give blood. Six years ago my father, Frank Escudero, was diagnosed with renal cancer. After a partial removal of his lower kidney, he continued to suffer from other symptoms of the disease. A...
A new look for our website
By Julie Peachey The next time you visit our website, you may notice we’ve redesigned things a bit. Our home page is cleaner, featuring special messages for our donors at the forefront in our new rotating banner. Our goal is...
Critical Blood Shortage: All Types Needed
By Julie Peachey We need your help. Our inventory for all blood types is critically low, due to increased usage. This past weekend alone, we provided blood for five patients, including two for aortic aneurisms. We are now rationing our...
BayKids Studios
In 2014, we partnered with BayKids Studios, whose mission is to help children facing long-term hospitalization heal through the power of filmmaking. Devora Kanter Kothari, executive director at BayKids Studios, said, “On behalf of all our filmmakers and their families,...
Last call for winter Give Good campaign
We’re in the final stretch of the Stanford Blood Center (SBC) Give Good campaign, which ends Sunday, January 12. Please consider donating if you can! You’ll extend the impact of your blood donation, because for each donor who rolls up...
Happy New Year, Happy National Blood Donor Month
We’d like to thank all of the caring blood donors who donated over the holidays. By the time January rolls around, blood centers are often grappling with post-holiday shortages. Already this month, Stanford Blood Center has a critical need for type...
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