Category: Blood Donations
20th Annual Blood Drive: Celebrating Dr. Charles Drew and the Gift of Blood
Written by American Red Cross Volunteer, Shatabdi Pal Mark your calendars! The 20th Annual Community Blood Drive will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the American Red Cross […]
World Blood Donor Day is June 14th
Rebecca Marshall American Red Cross Cascades Communications Director Every year, 194 countries around the world, including the United States, celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The event, which happens on June […]
A New Beacon of Hope: Beaverton’s Red Cross Blood Donation Center Opens
Written by Shatabdi Pal, Red Cross Volunteer On a crisp January morning, the American Red Cross and the community gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a new American Red […]
Remarkable Red Cross Blood Drive at Southern Oregon University: Seventeen Years in the Making.
By Red Cross Volunteer Shatabdi Pal. In 2024, the American Red Cross faced a dire national blood shortage, with inventory dropping over 25% in July due to extreme summer heat […]
Nike Employees Roll Up Their Sleeves at the Eli Wall Memorial Blood Drive to Remember a Young Athlete Who Touched Their Lives.
By Rebecca Marshall More than 50 Nike employees and friends streamed into Nike headquarters in Beaverton on December 19, 2024 to honor Eli Wall, a young man who lost his […]
“It’s liquid gold. That’s why donating platelets is important to me”
Written by Isabel Anderson, Cascades Regional Communications Manager David Dodd has been donating platelets for years. He first started donating 12 years ago when his coworker, and friend, was diagnosed […]
Due to Blackfeet Tribe tradition, he never donated blood but now his perspective has completely shifted
Written by Isabel Anderson, Cascades Regional Communications Manager In 1993, Dwayne Cree Medicine witnessed a man hurting a woman, so he stepped in to defend her. The attacker shot Dwayne […]
The Quilt of Love and Kindness Sums up a Lifetime With the Red Cross.
Written by Blood Donor, Mike Devenney I’m 72 years old but I still have my American Red Cross card that qualifies me as a Beginner In Swimming. It’s dated August […]
Community Members Roll up Their Sleeves to Honor Gresham Firefighter Spencer Tejedas and Help Tackle a Nationwide Blood Shortage.
By Rebecca Marshall, Cascades Communications Director One of the most gratifying things you can experience at the Red Cross is people coming together to support someone who’s experienced trauma. In […]
