Giving Blood at ServiceMaster of Kalamazoo

Interesting Facts About Blood

• Blood is perishable. It has a shelf life of 42 days; therefore it is vital for blood donor organizations to constantly collect blood to ensure safety and availability of the blood supply.
• More blood is needed than ever before. With ddvances in medical science, blood is needed for people with bleeding disorders, chemotherapy, radiation, and more.
• 50% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood, yet only 5% of those eligibles actually donate.
• Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.

Save Three Lives

One donation can save up to three people’s lives. How incredible. Although a needle prick may not be an ideal part of giving blood, our cookies, snacks, and drinks will make up for it. And maybe the snacks don’t necessarily make up for it; but saving up to three peoples’ lives seems worth a small prick.

Michigan Blood holds our drives, and they provide blood to over 40 hospitals throughout Michigan. Michigan Blood is a nonprofit organization and approximately 2 million people (in hospitals in Michigan) rely on Michigan Blood for 100% of their regular blood supply. Next year, we are scheduled to use both Michigan Blood and American Red Cross.

Reason Most People Don’t Give Blood

Places like ServiceMaster of Kalamazoo recognize the need for blood, and we love serving people in our community. Did you know that one of the top two reasons people don’t give blood is because they have never thought about it? Our blood drives help increase awareness on the importance of donating blood, and we are happy to be able to provide a place where people in our community can give blood while surrounded by friends.

Helping others in need is an attribution the employees at ServiceMaster hold, and we believe everyone benefits from helping others. Our employees help someone everyday, whether it’s a cleanup after a fire, or maybe a pet just seemingly ruined your new carpet and you need professional carpet cleaners to come clean it.

We save 100 lives at ServiceMaster

It’s the same with giving blood. Our employees are regular donors at our blood drives, and with an average of fifteen regular donors, that’s a possible 180 lives saved per year from our employees.

On April 16, 2014, ServiceMaster of Kalamazoo held one of their quarterly blood drives, and the turn out was great!
We want to say thank you to all those who came out and participated. We appreciate each and every one of you for your time and donations.

Future Blood Drives

Please mark these dates on your calendar and come join us for the next blood drives!
July 16, 2014 – Wednesday
October 15, 2014 – Wednesday
Held in our conference room from 12:00p.m. – 5:00p.m.