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l u f s s e c c u S Planning a rive D d o o l B h c r Chu Get the word out! Spreading the word is a critical element to the success of every blood drive. Be creative and have fun when promoting the blood drive! Consider the following:

• Talk it up! Personally ask people to give blood. • Use resources provided by LifeServe Blood Center to

promote the drive, including publicity materials and the online Chairperson Rewards and Resources program.



• Advertise the event in the church bulletin. • Call and/or email potential donors about the blood

drive.

• Set up a time to have a LifeServe Blood Center Representative give a brief presentation about donating blood.

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Recruit Donors It’s easy! Be positive, enthusiastic and educated about the blood donation process and simply ask someone to become a blood donor. A personal, face-to-face invitation makes all the difference! Consider these recruitment ideas:

Give your event pizzazz! Create a theme for the blood drive.

Be visible! Have a sign-up table in the Narthex or gathering area after church services.

Be creative! Make a large thermometer and post in a high traffic area to track your sign-up progress.

Be fashionable! Borrow a “blood drop” costume from LifeServe Blood Center and wear it before or after church services to create some additional buzz for the blood drive.

Be generous! Free food is always a big hit! Contact local restaurants, donut, pizza, or ice cream shops about donating treats for the blood drive.

Reward donors! Encourage donors to sign up before the blood drive by handing out candy or treats at the sign-up table with a creative message:



• “Roll Up Your Sleeve” with Tootsie Rolls. • “Let’s Pull Together” with Taffy. • “We’re Sweet on Blood Donors”



• “Save a Life” with Life Savers.



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Scheduling Appointments

Scheduling blood donor appoint ments and monitoring the schedule are critical elements to the success of the blood drive. Here are some suggestion s for getting donors signed up for your blood drive:

• Call or email donors to recruit them to schedu le an appointment to don ate blood.

• Utilize the Chairperson Reward & Resources pro gram at www.lifeservebloodcen ter.org and ask donors to schedule their appointmen t online!

• Keep your LifeServe Blood Center Representa tive informed of your progre ss! Your progress report help s guarantee adequate Life Serve Blood Center staff and resources the day of the blood drive.

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Remind & Prep a

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It’s important to remind blood do nors of their sc appointment to heduled ensure a succes sful blood drive. • Donors who make their appointment on receive a rem line will inder email appr oximately 48 ho to the start of urs prior the blood drive. • If you signed up donors using a paper sc sure to deliv hedule, be er reminder ca rds so donors do their appoin n’t forget tment time. • You can also make remin der phone calls who have an to donors appointment sc heduled – this touch usually personal ensures a grea t donor turnou t!

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Please encourag e new, first tim e donors who ha questions abou ve t the donation process to visit www.lifeservebl oodcenter.org. The Did You Kn contains inform ow section ation about do nation requirem what to expect ents and when donating blood.

THE BIG EVENT!

so hard for is almost The blood drive you’ve worked the big day: here! Here’s what to expect on Blood Center staff when • Greet the LifeServethe m to the blood drive they arrive, escort ad the blood drive unlo location and help . equipment iliar with the blood drive • Get the staff famify them of where the restrooms location and not are located. edule to the LifeServe • Provide the donorff.sch The Site Coordinator will Blood Center Sta results at the end of the the provide you with blood drive.

Blood Drive Wrap-Up • Thank everyone! Make sure to include donors, volunteers and anyone else who helped with the blood drive.

• Publicize attendees!

Publish the list of names of donors and volunteers who attended the drive in the church bulletin.

• Evaluate it!

Hold a post-drive meeting and evaluate the blood drive day and discuss suggestions for future blood drives.

• Reschedule it!

The key to a stable blood supply is frequent blood donations. Schedule another blood drive at your church to help maintain the blood supply.

DID YOU KNOW?

• One pint of blood can save up to three lives. • Someone needs blood every two seco nds. • 38 percent of the U.S. population is eli gib le to donate blood but les s than 10 percent do nate annually. • There is no substit ute for human blood . • You cannot get AI DS or any other infec tious disease by donating blood. • Healthy adults wh o are 16 years old an d weigh at least 120 pounds ma y donate one pint of whole blood – the most co mmon form of dona tion – every 56 days. • One unit of whole blood is roughly the equivalent of one pint. • About 1 in 7 peop le entering a hospita l need blood. • Females receive 53 percent of blood tra nsfusions; males receive 47 pe rcent. • One unit of blood can be separated int o several components: red blo 800.287.4903 od cells, plasma, pla telets and cryoprecipitate. www.bloodcenterofiowa.org • Fourteen tests (11 for infectious disease s) are performed on each unit of donated blood .

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It’s Achievement. It’s Service. It’s Community. It’s being a Blood Donor.

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