Blood Donation
Blood Drive facts
Red Cross
Volunteer Connection
100

How often can you do a platelet donation?

every 7 days, up to 24 times a year

(every other week also counts as an answer)

100

Types of Blood

What is type A, B, AB, or O? (each can be + or -)

100

What percentage of the Red Cross is made up of volunteers?

90%

100

Where you sign up for upcoming blood drives

What is volunteer connection?

200

How often does someone in the U.S. need a blood product?

Every 7 seconds

200

What is the pre-reading questionnaire called that donors do day of donation?

Rapid Pass 

200
Who founded the American Red Cross?

Clara Barton

200

What color on the blood drive calendar is a blood drive shift that needs your help?

RED

300

How often can you donate whole blood?

56 days

300

Universal blood type

What is blood type O negative? (Only about 7% of the people in the US have the universal blood type O-) 

300

What conventions protects the war-wounded and civilians in conflict zones. That later resulted in a U.S. congressional charter that recognized the American Red Cross

Geneva Convention 

300

What is the calendar called you sign up on?

Blood Drive Schedule

400

How many minutes does an average whole blood donation take?

8-10

400

What is the app called that you can re-book donors?

Book Now

400

Three symbols of Red Cross

What is the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and the Red Crystal

400
Do you have to manually input your blood drive hours?

No

500

How long does a platelet donation take?

2-3 hours

500
What percentage of people donate blood?
3%
500

Founder of the INTERNATIONAL Red Cross

Who is Henry Dunant

500

Where on the Volunteer Connection homepage can you find your upcoming shift information?

My Calendar