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Monday, February 16, 2009
Planning A Blood Drive with the Red Cross 
Click hereto find out more about the Red Cross in your area.1.Call your Red Cross representative to ask about a date for your blood drive. (Itusually takes 6-8 weeks to plan a successful blood drive.)2.Our goal was for 30 individuals to give one pint each.3.Once your date is confirmed, start filling in the time slots that your representativewill give you. We were given time slots from 9 AM until 1:15 PM. (two to threedonors should be signed up every fifteen minutes)4.I had over fifty individuals sign up. Thirty-eight of them showed up. Thirty-one of our perspective donors could actually give. It's better to overshoot your goal - inorder to meet/exceed the Red Cross' expectations.5.While you are filling in the sign-up sheet, it's time to get to work on organizingthe refreshments.6.I was able to secure five dozen fresh bagels from Brueggers, twelve dozendoughnuts and forty cups of coffee from Krispy Kreme, totally free of charge. Ihave request letters that I can send your way as a template if you are interested inusing what I have created. Email me at chrisponjican@hotmail.comto request my community donation template letter.7.I also received a $25 gift card from Walmart, a $20 gift card from Food Lion anda $10 gift card from Lowes Food. Again, I can send my community donationtemplate letter your way if you want your event to cost you absolutely nothing.8.It is important to provide plenty of sweets to help your donors recover quicklyfrom giving a pint of their blood.9.Remember the diabetics! Orange juice and sugar free blueberry muffins are twogreat choices to have on hand for those who should not eat doughnuts.10.We had our Blood Drive on Valentine's Day - so we purchased heart helium balloons and heart stickers for the kids who came with their parents.11.Donors appreciate it when you are accommodating to their children. While the parents gave, our volunteer team directed the children to the refreshment table,where they ate and played with balloons.12.As individuals sign up, an email should be sent to the perspective donorsconfirming the time in which they have committed to donate. This email should
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