July 13, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Published by Kristin Garcia | Digital Marketing Project Manager
“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...
June 8, 2016 at 6:50 pm
Published by Kristin Garcia | Digital Marketing Project Manager
Every year, on June 14, countries around the world join together to celebrate World Blood Donor Day. This annual campaign was started by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 and aims to “thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their...
June 12, 2015 at 11:15 am
Published by Dayna Myers, Contributor
“Give freely, give often. Blood donation matters,” is the slogan for World Blood Donor Day, tied to the theme of thanking the donors who do just that. That makes June a great time for SBC to thank its many donors....
June 14, 2012 at 10:29 am
Published by Stanford Blood Center

By Dayna Myers, Marketing Communications Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Around the world today, nations will celebrate blood donors in honor of World Blood Donor Day. In Iran, a trio of cyclists will wind up a 17-day challenge ride from the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization in Tehran to the Ankara Blood Bank. Nigeria's Health Minister marked the occasion by donating blood in Abuja. And in Korea, this year's host country, the celebration began in February, when over 3,000 people donned red and broke the Guinness World Record for the world's largest human blood drop formation.