The statistics are staggering: According to United Friends of the Children, an organization that helps foster youth thrive in society, 70% of all California State Prison inmates are former foster youth, and 36% become homeless within 18 months of emancipation....
“Doing now what patients need next” — that is the mission of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. located in Pleasanton, California. Roche is a leader in the field of diagnostics and blood screening, with the work they do helping ensure that...
A large portion of the blood Stanford Blood Center (SBC) collects comes from community mobile drives that originated with a specific patient need. When a loved one is severely ill and in treatment, family and friends often feel powerless and...
By Kristin Stankus, digital community and social media specialist Mother’s Day is around the corner — a day to celebrate mothers and mother figures for all they do. After all, from day one mothers provide newborns with the love and...
By Dayna Kerecman Myers Every day, people living in some of the world’s poorest countries die because of a shortage of safe blood. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, the vast majority of countries collected less than half of the blood...
By Kristin Stankus, digital community and social media specialist Stanford Blood Center (SBC) is proud to once again partner with Palo Alto Adult School who each quarter invites one community organization to showcase their services and recognizes them for excellence...
By Julie Peachey What makes a blood donor so remarkable? In addition to donating their time and making the effort to donate blood, they still ask what more they can do to give back. Veterans of Stanford Blood Center may...
In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, altruism is defined as feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness. Every day, donors walk through the doors at Stanford Blood Center (SBC) that exhibit this quality....
Stanford Blood Center is partnering with the Redwood City Events Team for the first time to bring you a blockbuster of a blood drive! On Thursday, July 10, we will be running the drive just before the Movie on the Square...
By Deanna Bolio On April 1, 2014 Stanford Blood Center’s Processing Laboratory welcomed Mothers’ Milk Bank as a new donor testing customer. Mothers’ Milk Bank in San Jose is a charter member of the Human Milk Banking Association of North...