Located throughout the Commonwealth, Blood Drive Hosts are unique organizations across the Commonwealth that take a lead role in saving lives. Blood drives are the backbone of the blood supply. More than half of all the blood donated to patients at the hospitals served by Kentucky Blood Center (KBC) comes from donations at blood drives.
Each Blood Drive Host:
- Provides a suitable location
- Recruits donors within the organization and publicizes the drive
- Schedules donors for their appointments
Meanwhile, KBC:
- Works with the host every step of the way to plan and organize the blood drive
- Helps determine how many donors to expect and how to recruit them
- Brings equipment and supplies, sets everything up and takes it down at the end
- Confidentially screens donors and safely and professionally collects donations
- Helps schedule volunteers to greet donors and serve refreshments
Different blood drive environments sometimes require unique approaches. KBC has identified the following unique blood drive environments.
Donor Recruitment Specialists will work with blood drive hosts to ensure that the unique needs of each blood drive environment are addressed.
- Retail
- Office
- Factory
- High School
- College
- Hospital
- Religious
- Community
- Membership Organization
- Government
- KBC Donor Center
