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Get the word out!
Spreading the word is a critical element to the success of
every blood drive. Be creative and have fun when promoting
the blood drive! Consider the following:

Talk it up! Personally ask people to give blood.

Use recruitment tools provided by LifeServe Blood

Center to promote the blood drive including publicity

materials and the online Chairperson Rewards &
Resources program.

Call and/or email potential donors about the blood

drive.

Remember that your LifeServe Blood Center

Representative is always available to give a brief
presentation about donating blood to any groups
interested in learning more.

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Its easy! Be positive, enthusiastic and educated about the
blood donation process and simply ask someone to become
a blood donor. A personal, face-to-face invitation makes all
the difference!
Consider these recruitment ideas:

Be Creative and Give Your Event Pizzazz!

Create a theme for the blood drive.

Encourage donors to sign up before the blood drive

by handing out candy or treats at the sign-up table

with a creative message:

Roll Up Your Sleeve with Tootsie Rolls.

Lets Pull Together with Taffy.
Were Sweet on Blood Donors

with Chocolate Kisses.

Save a Life with Life Savers.
Challenge employees to see which department can

recruit more blood donors. Offer the winning

department an incentive such as a pizza party or ice
cream social.

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Have a sign-up table in the cafeteria or a busy hallway.

Hang posters in break rooms, hallways and common
areas.
Place table tents on the tables in the cafeteria.
Be Fashionable!

Borrow a blood drop costume from LifeServe Blood

Center and wear it in the office to create some

additional buzz for the blood drive.

Be Generous!

Ask management to allow employees to donate blood

on the clock.

Offer additional paid vacation time for blood donors.

Provide a free breakfast or lunch for blood donors.
Hold drawings for prizes such as movie passes,

restaurant gift certificates and shopping gift cards.

Handout items with your company logo.

Ask your LifeServe Representative for giveaway

items.

For more recruitment ideas,

visit

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Scheduling Appointments

Scheduling blood donor appoint

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schedule are critical elements
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Make sure every potential donor knows the dat

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location of the blood driv
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Encourage donors to make their appointments

online,
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have internet access, keep
track of the appointmen
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Monitor your schedule using the online Chairpe
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Keep your LifeServe Blood Center Representa
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guarantee adequate Life
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resources the day of the
blood drive.

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Greet the LifeServe Blood Center staff when they

arrive, escort them to the
blood drive location and
help unload the blood driv
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Get the staff familiar with the blood drive loca
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notify them of where the
restrooms are located.
Provide the donor schedule to LifeServe Blood
Center staff.
Give the LifeServe Blood
Center Site Coordinator your

contact information.

Check-in on the drive periodically throughout

the day.
The Site Coordinator will provide you with the
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Blood Drive Wrap-Up

Thank everyone! Make sure to include donors,

volunteers and anyone else who helped with the blood

drive.

Publicize attendees!

Publish the list of names

of donors and volunteers who attended the drive in
the company newsletter or via email.

Evaluate it!

Complete the paper or online survey

to let us know how your blood drive went. Please
offer suggestions on how we can make improvements!

Reschedule it!

The key to a stable blood supply

is frequent blood donations. Schedule another blood
drive at your office to help maintain the blood supply.
If you already have another drive scheduled, be sure
to notify your LifeServe Blood Center Representative
of any changes to the location, drive date or hours of
the drive.

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800.287.4903
www.lifeservebloodcenter.org

Its Achievement.
Its Service.
Its Community.
Its being a Blood Donor.

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