News and Events

The annual Summer Blood Challenge did not disappoint! It never does. Despite the economy, 149 businesses on Delmarva and their employees supported the 7th annual Summer Blood Challenge competition this year. With the theme, "Summertime and the Giving is Easy," the Challenge proved that folks on Delmarva care about their communities.

Plus, the Blood Bank is now on Facebook, the Mayor of Wilmington helps promote blood donation, the organization celebrates the 25th anniversary of students saving lives, blood donors keep a one-year-old baby in Salisbury alive, updates on the major expansion project at the Christiana Center, and much more.

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Blood Bank staff, donors, and supporters officially broke ground for the new Christiana Donor Center in December. Over the next two years, the building will double in size, addressing many space issues and allowing room
for expanded laboratory and administrative areas and enhanced technologies in processing and testing. As the demand for blood from area hospitals continues to rise, the new donor center will help the Blood Bank accommodate the number of blood donors necessary to meet those needs well into the future.

Plus, a Grand-Opening of the new Wilmington Donor Center, the University of Delaware's CAA Blood Challenge, plans for the 2009 Summer Blood Challenge, and much more.

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When Alex and his twin brother, William, were born 3 months early, they each weighed under 3 pounds. Alex suffered an abruption, which means the placenta began to separate from the wall of his mother's uterus before he was born. After birth, Alex was rushed to intensive care at Christiana Hospital and needed blood transfusions to survive. Alex was able to recover and was home by Christmas Day. Both boys are now four-years-old.
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A 5-year tribute to September 11, 2001 - memories from Blood Bank of Delmarva staff about the events of that day, amazing photos of blood donors and staff doing their part to help, and more.
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Suzy Y., a mother who needed blood transfusions to survive after giving birth; the amazing story of one Blood Bank volunteer and how you can get involved; University of Delaware wins major blood drive competition for 4th year in a row; and more.
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Whitney W., a teenager who became a life long blood donor after losing her mother to cancer; 7th annual Beach Blanket Blood Drive breaks records; local twins separated at birth now donate blood together; and more.
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Randy F., a young boy who relied on countless blood transfusions to survive leukemia; new details on the effectiveness of the Blood Bank's test for West Nile Virus; and more.
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