On the global day of giving, give someone in your community the gift of life by giving blood with Coffee Memorial Blood Center on Giving Tuesday.

Giving Tuesday takes place each year on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, just after Cyber Monday, to encourage people to do good. It doesn’t have to be a monetary donation. You can give back to your community through a simple blood donation with Coffee Memorial Blood Center on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

If you’d like to give the gift of life on Giving Tuesday, here are a few ways you can help:

• Donate at the Coffee Memorial Blood Center or at a mobile drive

Find a location and make an appointment by visiting obi.org/where or by downloading the new Our Blood Institute app.

• Host a blood drive

Want to take your donation to the next level while influencing others to give blood? You can host your own blood drive. Visit obi.org/host-a-drive for details.

• Donate the cost of your T-shirt

During your next blood donation, you can choose to opt out of receiving a T-shirt and instead, donate the cost of the shirt to the Global Blood Fund.

• Volunteer for Coffee Memorial Blood Center

If you’re passionate about life-saving blood donations, please consider volunteering for us! Visit obi.org/volunteer to get started.

• Become a Social Media Ambassador

Use your social media platforms to influence your peers to become blood donors! Sign up at obi.org/volunteer/sign-up and select “Social Media Ambassador” to get involved.

• Be an advocate for blood donation

Help share the importance of giving blood! Tell your friends, family, classmates, coworkers and more about the impact you can make in your community by giving blood. You can even bring a friend in next time you donate.

Donate blood at the Coffee Memorial Blood Center or at a mobile blood drive on Giving Tuesday to receive a “Don’t Be a Grinch!” long-sleeved T-shirt.

As a bonus, now through January 12, blood donors can earn DOUBLE Donor Store points by downloading the new OBI mobile app and scheduling and keeping their donation appointment! *Double points valid only on appointments scheduled through the OBI mobile app and applicable to base points. Appointments must be completed by January 12, 2024, to qualify. Donor store will be open December 2023 through January 2024 to redeem points.

Coffee Memorial Blood Center relies on 1,200 volunteer blood donors a day to meet the needs of patients at more than 160 hospitals and medical facilities as well as all air ambulances statewide.

Anyone who is healthy and 16 years old* or older can give blood. Blood can be donated every 56 days and platelets can be given as often as every seven days, up to 24 times a year.

Appointments to donate can be made online at obi.org or by calling 877.340.8777.

*16-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission; 17-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds; 18+ year-olds must weigh at least 110 pounds. Photo ID required.