Blood Battle 2011 Achieves Goal of 100 Donors
Horrocks Engineers Blood Battle 2011 Blood Drive ended on a high note. Because of the enthusiasm of donors across northern Utah County, we were able to surpass our goal of 100 donations by two.
No other small business blood drive in Utah has been able to produce more than 100 donations at one time, according to Anita Kay, American Red Cross Donor Recruitment Representative. Thirty-eight of the volunteers were first-time donors, which is also a commendable number.
“It was a great opportunity for Horrocks to team with the northern Utah County cities for this community event,“ Larry Reasch, Vice President of Horrocks, said. “We are pleased with the success in getting 100 plus donations at this drive.“
The drive, which was held April 12, has allowed the American Red Cross to supply blood to hospitals and clinics across the nation. Enough blood was collected at this event to help up to 300 people who are in need of transfusions for various medical and health reasons.
Though this is a great accomplishment, the need for blood is constant as someone needs a blood transfusion every two seconds and five million patients in the U.S. need blood every year, according to the American Red Cross.
Blood Battle 2011 was a friendly competition that pitted local businesses against northern Utah County cities to see who could bring in the most donations. Horrocks Engineers and Mozy were named champions of the Blood Battle with 54 total donors. The combined cities brought in 48 donors: 16 from Pleasant Grove City, 14 with Eagle Mountain, 11 from Lindon, and six from Cedar Hills.
Pleasant Grove City was named city champion and will be awarded with a catered lunch courtesy of Horrocks Engineers.
We hope to make Blood Battle 2012 even more successful by getting more local cities and businesses to participate and help us exceed our donation number of 102.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a success. We are proud of our community and hope to see you next year at Blood Battle 2012!
The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people receive the blood they need across the nation. The Red Cross “plays a critical role in our nation’s health care system. It is the largest single supplier of blood and blood products in the United States, collecting and processing more than 40 percent of the blood supply and distributing it to some 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide,“according to their Web site, www.redcrossblood.org
June 20, 2011 at 9:06 pm
I LOVE this! After having worked in the blood banking industry for many years, I can tell you that the donors are truly the reason so many lives are saved. Be it due to cancer treatments, transplants, hereditary issues, or the obvious traumas, lives would surely be lost with the blood supply the community donates. There is no replacement / substitute for it. Also something to keep in mind, blood products have expiration dates just like food products do. This is yet another reason why you will see so many blood drives, over and over. What the donors give is life, and I for one, say THANK YOU to all who donate, and THANK YOU to all who help make it available to those in need!!