By Kristin Stankus, digital community and social media specialist
Every year, on June 14, countries around the world join together to celebrate World Blood Donor Day. This annual campaign was started by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006 and aims to “thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood and to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure the quality, safety and availability of blood and blood products for patients in need,” according to the WHO. Enjoy this short video they created to celebrate this year’s campaign:
The theme of this year’s World Blood Donor Day is “Blood Connects Us All,” and Stanford Blood Center (SBC) truly embodies this mission as a local blood center that supports a global community.