As one of the community service projects of the Ball State Staff Council, the Angels for Life Committee has been working with the Versiti Blood Center of Indiana since 2008 holding blood drives on campus. These are typically held in the months of September, November, January, March and May.
These blood drives are usually held in Pruis Hall from 9 AM to 3 PM unless otherwise specified.
The dates for 2024-2025 are below, but are subject to change.
2024-2025 Blood Drive Dates
September 17 & 18
November 19 & 20
January 21 & 22
March 18 & 19
May 20
You can schedule online at donateblood.versiti.org.
Did you know?
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Versiti Blood Center of Indiana must recruit 550 donors each day to meet the patient needs at Indiana hospitals.
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Versiti Blood Center of Indiana employs over 350 Hoosiers committed to making a difference.
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Each whole blood donation is separated into its components to provide three transfusion-ready units, allowing a single donor to potentially save three lives.
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Angels for Life is the single largest campus blood drive for Indiana Blood Center that collects more units of blood at their two-day drives than any other campus in Indiana!
Click here to see statistics in the Star Press.
The AFL Committee works diligently to make each blood drive/each year more successful than the last. Our total number of blood units collected each academic year is over 900 units! This small group of typically 4-5 BSU staff council members and a Versiti Blood Center of Indiana representative are tasked with, but not limited to:
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recruiting donations from local businesses to be used as giveaway/raffle incentives to help bring in donors
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promoting/advertising each drive via various means such as, email blasts, newspapers, radio, posters, handouts, etc.
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recruiting and scheduling numerous volunteers to help at the registration table
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seeking out assistance from student organizations to help in various ways
Also, we recently collaborated with the Working Well Initiative to add donating at our drives as one of the items you can count toward your Working Well Incentive so whether you're a regular donor anyway, or have been thinking about it, why not help yourself out while at the same time SAVING LIVES...it only takes about an hour of your time! Fun!!
We're always looking for new ideas and/or referrals of businesses who might want to contribute to the cause by way of coupons or raffle items. If you can help us with a contribution please contact a member of our Angels for Life Committee. Thank you!
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