Welcome to the April issue of Blood Drop.

In this Issue

	March Heroes
	Ursuline Academy Dedicates Blood Drive
	Who Needs Blood?

School Program Info

April will be our busiest month yet! The following schools are hosting blood drives this month. Be sure to check the May Blood Drop to see results for these schools!

• Wicomico HS
• Wesley College
• Perryville HS
• Kent County HS
• Padua Academy
• University of Delaware
• Milford HS
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore
• Del Tech Owens campus
• Cab Calloway School of the Arts
• Laurel HS
• Lake Forest HS
• Delmar HS
• Charter School of Wilmington
• Pocomoke HS
• Christiana HS
• Salisbury University
• St. Mark's HS
• Polytech HS
• James Bennett HS
• Thomas McKean HS
• Delaware State University
• Brandywine HS
• Sussex Technical HS
• Delcastle Technical HS
• Concord HS
• Cape Henlopen HS
• Seaford HS

Contact Information:
Lauren Bacon
School Program Coordinator
302-737-8405 ext. 796
schoolbloodprogram@bbd.org

March Heroes

The Spring season of saving lives has begun. Thank you to the 15 schools who hosted  blood drives last month!

Thanks to your heroic efforts, 750 pints of blood were collected to help save lives on Delmarva.

To view blood drive photos, click here.  To view complete blood drive results, click here.

Photo: A North East High School student shares a pint.

Ursuline Academy Dedicates Blood Drive

Students at Ursuline Academy dedicated their March 12th blood drive to Andrew McDonough, Billy Mock, and A.J. Meany. These three are family members of the Ursuline community who brought the school  together during their individual struggles with cancer and leukemia.

Ursuline had their largest blood drive ever-- 48 pints were donated that day!! Great work!

Thank you for all your support!

Photo: National Honor Society members who organized the blood drive.

Who Needs Blood?

Blood Bank of Delmarva needs 370 blood donors every day to supply area hospitals with enough blood for patients. Last year, over 20,000 patients needed blood for a variety of reasons.

Here are some examples:

Automobile Accident
50 units of red cells

Heart Surgery
6 units of red cells
6 units of platelets

Organ Transplant
40 units of red cells
30 units of platelets
20 bags of cryoprecipitate
25 units of fresh frozen plasma

Bone Marrow Transplant
120 units of platelets
20 units of red cells
 

Burn
20 units of platelets