Donor Milestones
February 21, 2022 at 3:14 pm
Published by Ross Coyle, SBC Public Relations Officer
Here at SBC, we love to celebrate our incredible milestone donors. Anthony Flores recently made his 400th donation at the South Bay center. Ross Coyle, Public Relations Officer, interviewed the San Jose resident about what inspires him to donate blood and...
May 1, 2020 at 10:18 am
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
In late February, Belmont resident Fred van den Haak gave his 600th blood donation with Stanford Blood Center. Though currently in his 70s, Fred has been a dedicated blood donor and highly service-oriented since he was young. “My first donation...
January 27, 2020 at 3:01 pm
Published by Ross Coyle, SBC Public Relations Officer
Stanford Blood Center milestone donors are an extremely dedicated group, with all milestone donors having given blood at SBC at least 100 times. Ron Mancini hit his 400th donation milestone at our Menlo Park center last month. In celebration, Ross Coyle,...
December 2, 2019 at 9:36 am
Published by Ross Coyle, SBC Public Relations Officer
Here at SBC, we love to celebrate our incredible milestone donors. Earlier this month, Tom Welch made his 600th donation at the South Bay center. Ross Coyle, Public Relations Officer, interviewed the San Jose resident about what inspires him to donate...
July 31, 2019 at 11:56 am
Published by Ross Coyle, SBC Public Relations Officer
In June, David Polnaszek hit a special milestone with Stanford Blood Center when he made his 600th blood donation at our Menlo Park donor center. The 73-year-old Portola Valley resident has been doing his part to help save countless lives long before iPhones...
October 18, 2017 at 4:57 pm
Published by Alex Hicks | Communications Strategist
Stan is the man! On Monday, October 16, Stanley (Stan) Jensen celebrated his 500th milestone blood donation with Stanford Blood Center (SBC). . . and his 65th birthday! Stan, a resident of Pacifica, CA, first donated blood January 10, 1984, when...
November 17, 2016 at 8:30 pm
Published by Alex Hicks | Communications Strategist
Stanford Blood Center wouldn’t exist without its donors. We are so lucky to have such a dedicated and generous group of people who selflessly put aside their time to help save lives every day. For that very reason, we wanted...
November 4, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Published by Kristin Garcia | Digital Marketing Project Manager
Updated: March 1, 2018 We are very sad to announce that long-time donor Alden Richard “Dick” Tagg has passed away. Dick was a kind and generous man – many people at SBC got to know him well over the years...
May 6, 2015 at 2:50 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
By Kristin Stankus, Digital community and social media specialist It is no easy accomplishment, reaching 500 blood and platelet donations. In fact, it has taken Tom close to 50 years to reach this amazing milestone, which he officially realized on...
April 8, 2015 at 9:53 am
Published by Stanford Blood Center
By Kristin Stankus Her story of blood donation starts like many of our donors’ stories. Thirty years ago, Linda was attending college at the University of Connecticut and there was a blood drive on campus, so she decided to give....