Virtual Blood Drive

Resources

As a virtual blood drive coordinator, you have various tools at your disposal, including social media for wider promotion and educational flyers that highlight the importance of blood donation and participation. Utilize these resources to streamline your drive's coordination. By leveraging these tools, you can make a bigger impact on patients' lives.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is a virtual blood drive?

Virtual blood drives are a hyperlink unique to the host, making it easy to track donor participation. And virtual blood drives allow donors across the U.S. to support a host’s drive. Donors can visit any Vitalant donation center or mobile blood drive across the U.S. Virtual blood drives enable groups of all types and sizes to get involved in saving lives in their community – new and existing hosts. You can even use a virtual blood drive to supplement an in-person blood drive. Virtual blood drives are a perfect solution for those without a suitable physical location, allowing anyone to host a drive and contribute to lifesaving efforts.

2. Why are virtual blood drives important?

Virtual blood drives provide those who are unable to host an on-site blood drive the opportunity to take part in the vital cause of blood donation. Blood drives are essential to providing lifesaving blood for patients—over half of the blood Vitalant collects comes from coordinator-sponsored blood drives. That’s why your decision to host a virtual blood drive is vital to patients. Blood cannot be artificially made; it must come from volunteer donors.

3. Who can host a virtual blood drive?

Virtual blood drives are a convenient way for anyone to host a drive, anywhere in Vitalant’s geographic regions across the U.S. Virtual blood drives enable groups of all types and sizes to get involved in saving lives in their community – new and existing hosts. You can even use a virtual blood drive to supplement an in-person blood drive.

4. What are the benefits of hosting a virtual blood drive?

• Easy setup and management: Virtual blood drives are completely self-service. Hosts can set up and manage everything on their own and see the results of their efforts in their account.
• A unique hyperlink for the host organization to easily track donor participation.
• No physical site required.
• Fewer logistical details to manage.
• Ability to recruit donors from various locations as long as there’s a Vitalant donation center or blood drive in their area.
• Donors can choose when and where to donate at any Vitalant location convenient for them.

5. Can a virtual blood drive be used alongside an in-person blood drive?

Yes, you can use a virtual blood drive to supplement an in-person blood drive. Virtual blood drives are a hyperlink unique to the host organization, making it easy to track donor participation and credit donors to your in-person drive.

6. How do I start a virtual blood drive?

To start a virtual blood drive visit https://www.vitalant.org/host-a-blood-drive/virtual.

7. What tools and materials are available to help me lead a virtual blood drive?

Vitalant provides a range of tools and resources to help you rally your donors and secure their commitment to donate including social media, educational, patient stories and more. Find them all here.