Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!

by Nora Hirschler, MD, President of BCP, Marin Resident and Foreign Film Buff

This has been a long, but wonderful year at Blood Centers of the Pacific. Two-thousand nine marks our tenth anniversary of affiliating with Blood Systems, the nation’s second largest blood collection organization.

Two-thousand nine also saw us finally jump in to the world of social media!  We started talking to people on Twitter and sharing photos through our Flickr page.  And thanks to all of our friends on Facebook, we surpassed 1,500 fans! We’ve also had some great conversations on our wall, gotten to share links and videos with our donors, used the Events tab to broadcast information about our blood drives, and learned a lot from those who matter most - our donors. Plus who can forget this photo, created by one of our fans:

We also had a number of special events in 2009. Back in June, we partnered with Novartis and the American Red Cross to celebrate World Blood Donor Day, with a week long blood drive at various locations and several fabulous raffle prizes. This fall, Daniel Riggins gave blood and got smart, as in a Smart Car in our September Smart Car giveaway. We also got to reward our donors with ice cream, Exotic Erotic ball tickets, and creepy Blood Energy Potion drinks during certain time periods this year.

There have been plenty of challenges this year both for us as a blood center and for the rest of the our community. Thankfully our generous blood donors have continued to be Everyday Heroes. Thank you to all of our blood donors, blood drive coordinators, employees, and the rest of our advocates for the cause of blood donation for your support this year and we look forward to continuing to work together to save lives in 2010!

Happy New Year!

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