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Emiliana’s Story: Micro-Preemie Born at 23 Weeks Beats All Odds
By Krista Thomas, Communications Strategist In early 2019, Kristi Trog and her husband Josh were thrilled but also surprised to find out that Kristi was pregnant with their first child. The pair counted this news as a true miracle. Though...
SBC Begins Testing Donations for Rare Blood Groups
By Dr. Tho Pham, Chief Medical Officer Did you know that many blood group systems exist beyond ABO (A, B, O and AB) and Rh (+ and -)? And that many donors have rare combinations of certain clinically relevant blood...
How COVID-19 May Have Permanently Changed Donor Recruitment
By Karen Hendryk, Donor Recruitment Manager Immediate Impact of COVID Though March 2020 was when an official pandemic was declared, February 2020 was when SBC was hit with one of the most significant challenges thus far: cancellation of blood drives....
Ernest’s Story: “How Donating Blood Saved My Life — Twice”
Ernest Boyd has been giving blood for decades. What started as a way to save the lives of others, however, has saved his own life multiple times. Becoming a Platelet Donor Ernest first really committed to giving blood in...
Celebrating Women in Leadership at SBC
Celebrating Charles Drew in Black History Month
This Black History Month, we are thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of Charles Drew, a Black doctor who broke down barrier after barrier on his mission to help patients and eventually become the “father of blood centers.” Charles Drew was...
Ben and Gail’s Story: Giving Together
Last year, donor Ben Brian hit an incredible milestone with SBC: his 500th donation. When asked what motivates him to give blood, among the usual answer of service to others and the free cookies, Ben mentioned that he has been...
10 Ways to Volunteer and Give Back to Your Community This MLK Day
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Dr. King’s dedication to achieving racial equality and the tremendous impact he had on civil rights are not something to be taken lightly. Though he was well known for his eloquent speeches, Dr. King...
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma
In the start of April 2020, SBC became one of the first blood centers in the nation to create a COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) program. The program, which encouraged recovered COVID-19 patients to donate antibody-rich plasma for current COVID-19 patients,...