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7th Annual CAA Blood Challenge Slideshow

Posted on November 19, 2008 10:29 AM

Upper Eastern Shore School Luncheon Slideshow

Posted on November 19, 2008 10:22 AM

New Castle and Cecil County School Luncheon Slideshow

Posted on November 19, 2008 10:21 AM

Lower Eastern Shore School Luncheon Slideshow

Posted on November 19, 2008 10:03 AM

Kent and Sussex County School Luncheon Slideshow

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Posted on November 19, 2008 09:57 AM

A Sudden Emergency Puts a New Mother's Life in Jeopardy

Without Blood Bank membership, she needed to replace or pay for 49 pints of blood

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Posted on November 17, 2008 11:33 AM

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE HOSTS THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY BLOOD DRIVE OF THE YEAR

PICTURED: University of Delaware Football Coach K.C. Keeler donating at the 2007 CAA Blood Challenge.

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Posted on November 11, 2008 12:51 PM

Blood Bank Membership Protects Family in Elkton

Fran K. of Elkton, Maryland has been a Blood Bank member for about 4 years. He joined to protect his wife and three young children for the cost of replacing the blood they used - if it was ever needed. And then the unthinkable happened.

PICTURED: Fran with his wife, Linda, and 3 children

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Posted on November 11, 2008 12:30 PM

Premature Newborn Needs Blood To Survive

"Why do I donate blood so often? Because I have miraculous living proof of how much it's needed," said Eunice P. of Wilmington, Delaware.

Eunice's grandson, Hunter, was born three months early on May 10, 2008. He weighed just 2 pounds, 5 ounces.

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Posted on November 11, 2008 11:38 AM

A message from David Schucker, a blood donor in Dover, DE

What do you do for your community? Do you coach the local kids in sports? Or does the thought of being surrounded by dozens of kids (and their victory hungry parents) scare you? Are you a member of your local volunteer fire department? Not into Bingo Night?

Well, I have an easy job for you. All you have to do is sit there and let some one else fuss over you. You get to watch TV and there are cookies when you are done. No, there's no catch. Well, maybe a little one; I'd like you to give blood.

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Posted on November 6, 2008 01:55 PM

2009 Beach Blanket Blood Drive

FISHING FOR DONORS, HOOKED ON SAVING LIVES

WHERE:
Ocean City Convention Center
4001 Coastal Highway

WHEN:
Tuesday, January 27, 10am - 6pm
Wednesday, January 28, 9am - 5pm

Slideshow and stats from last year's event!

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Posted on November 3, 2008 12:07 PM

375 POTENTIAL DIABETICS IDENTIFIED BY BLOOD BANK'S SCREENING PROGRAM IN FIRST YEAR

Donors urged to see personal physician

NEWARK, DE - In the first year of Blood Bank of Delmarva's new diabetes screening program, 375 blood donors received important information about their health after they gave blood: they had glucose levels of more than 200. Donors with that result have been urged to contact their physicians for further testing. Of those with elevated glucose levels, 18 blood donors had dangerous levels greater than 400 and four donors were in the critical range above 500. The highest glucose result to date was 598.

Click HERE for the story of a blood donor who had glucose levels in the critical range (530).

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Posted on October 30, 2008 10:33 AM

SAMPLE VIDEO- SCHOOL VIDEO CONTEST

Submitted by Indian River High School:

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Posted on October 24, 2008 09:06 AM

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE HONORED FOR SHATTERING BLOOD DONOR RECORD

WILMINGTON, DE - Blood Bank of Delmarva will be holding an awards luncheon on Wednesday, October 22 from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the Cranston Heights Fire Hall in Wilmington to recognize 35 high schools in New Castle and Cecil Counties for their lifesaving contributions to the 2007-2008 School Blood Drive Program.

Students at those schools contributed 2,690 units of blood last year. Thanks to schools across the Peninsula, a record total of 6,684 donations were collected at 115 school blood drives from September 2007 to May 2008.

The following schools took top honors for the largest number of blood donors:

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Posted on October 21, 2008 09:37 AM

Putting a Face to the Need

Renee E. of Milford, DE first started donating blood about a decade ago, when she was 19-years-old.

"I moved away from home when I was 17. A good friend, who I looked up to as a mentor, donated blood and that inspired me to give it a try," Renee said.

While Renee was always proud to be a blood donor, she admitted that she felt a little disconnected from her "faceless" good deed because she never saw where the blood was going. That is... until 2 years ago.

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Posted on October 15, 2008 08:54 AM