When your company chooses the Tri-County Red Cross for its blood program, it does far more for your community and employees than ensure a safe, healthy and ample blood supply. The blood drives also support the Red Cross mission to ensure the community's ability to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters.
While all blood banks in our area are non-profits, the American Red Cross the only blood bank that uses the blood program to support other vital programs. Our blood drives support Red Cross community services such as health and safety training, disaster prevention and response, and armed forces support.
Blood drives offer the Tri-County Red Cross, a primarily volunteer organization funded by local resident and business contributions, the opportunity to meet with and share the Red Cross story with civic minded local residents and workers. We are able to explain what services we offer to them, recruit new volunteers to provide our services, and make contact at a later date for fundraising opportunities.
When the Tri-County Red Cross responds to a house fire or other disaster, we are able to provide the affected families - perhaps your customers or employees - with shelter, food and clothing right away. We do not charge affected families for these services.
The people who respond to these fires are volunteers, and often recruited at blood drives in the chapter. The hotel rooms and materials are funded by donations from local residents, businesses and organizations that are often also part of our blood services programs.
By hosting a blood drive with the Tri-County Red Cross your company is doing far more than ensuring an adequate blood supply. You are also providing your employees' families and communities are ready in the event that disaster strikes. No other blood bank can make that statement.
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