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October 1, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. — California’s Great America theme park will hold a blood drive with Stanford Blood Center on Oct. 9 from 1 to 8 p.m. at the main entrance located at 4701 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara to add...
October 1, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
(NOTE: Media members are invited to attend the breakfast at the Palo Alto Sheraton Hotel, and can make arrangements by contacting Michele Hyndman at 650-799-9885.) STANFORD, Calif. — Mountain View resident David Mitchell has given blood 625 times, starting in...
September 1, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. — The Stanford Blood Center will sponsor a Café Scientifique program Sept. 22 on the H1N1 strain of influenza. Infectious-disease expert Arthur Reingold, MD, professor and head of the Division of Epidemiology at the University of California-Berkeley, will...
August 1, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. — Donors who give blood at one of the Stanford Blood Center’s three locations in Palo Alto and Mountain View between Aug. 17 and 22 have the opportunity to attend a special career-counseling event, “Giving Blood Works,” on...
July 1, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. —The Stanford Blood Center will hold its second annual mobile blood drive in partnership with the Major League Soccer team, the San Jose Earthquakes, on July 11 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara. Eligible donors of all...
May 1, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. —Would you like to donate blood but are afraid of needles? The Stanford Blood Center is sponsoring a panel discussion at 7 p.m. May 21 to address one of the most elusive issues in blood donor recruitment: Fear....
February 1, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. —The staff at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital knows first-hand the importance of blood donations and have joined forces with Stanford Blood Center to host a Valentine-themed blood drive on Friday, February 13, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m....
January 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. —In an effort to increase blood inventory for community hospitals, Stanford Blood Center will host several events and offer special giveaways during January, National Blood Donor Month. The winter holidays are an especially difficult time to maintain adequate...
January 1, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. —Thirty donors who give blood at one of the Stanford Blood Center’s three locations in Palo Alto and Mountain View between Feb. 2 and 19 will have the opportunity to attend a special career-counseling event on Feb. 19....
November 1, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Published by Stanford Blood Center
STANFORD, Calif. — On Nov. 18, the Stanford Blood Center collected a record 234 units of blood—the most ever collected by the center at a single blood drive—during the annual “Rivals for Life” blood drive competition against UC-Berkeley. Stanford bested...