Help Your Team To Victory
Use these ideas to promote the Civil War : Rivals For Life blood drives and help lead your team to victory!
- Invite a friend to schedule an appointment to give blood with you.
- Campus Football & Blood Drive Bookmarks
Download, print, and distribute bookmarks with your team's football schedule and campus blood drive information. (Requires Acrobat Reader)
University of Oregon Bookmark (PDF)
Oregon State University Bookmark (PDF) - Join the American Red Cross Blood Donor Facebook page and call out people from your school.
- Give regularly and make donating blood a regular habit. Healthy blood donors can give every 56 days.
About The Civil War Blood Drive
The Civil War Blood Drives started in 2002 as a partnership between the American Red Cross, Lane Memorial Blood Bank, Oregon State University Alumni Association and the University of Oregon Alumni Association.
This friendly rivalry between fans, students and alumni of University of Oregon and Oregon State University was intended to invoke a spirit of competition and community spirit to bolster the community blood supply.
Since it's inception, these 'Rivals For Life' have continued to make sure that blood is available to patients in need. More than 44,500 people have participated in the Civil War campaign, touching the lives of countless patients, their families and loved ones.
The Need Is Constant
In December 2008, the blood donated through the Civil War campaign had a huge impact on the lives of patients in need. When ice storms and record snowfall struck the Pacific Northwest, the 'Arctic Blast' caused power outages, dangerous road conditions, blood drive cancellations and a reduction of available blood donors.
Because blood collected from the Civil War campaign was already available when the need struck, the blood shortages caused by the severe weather were not as critical as they would have been.