District 7 has claimed first place in the “SA District Challenge,” the competition sponsored by South Texas Blood & Tissue that featured blood drives hosted by each of the 10 City Council districts.
Dramatic drops in blood donations by younger and first-time donors in South Texas, combined with a rapidly growing population and the current surge of COVID-19 cases, have left the region facing an unprecedented blood shortage.
South Texas Blood & Tissue working with medical community to manage critically low supply
South Texas patients need donors to make up dramatic shortfall in donations during holidays.
San Antonio City Council District 4, represented by Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia, is the winner of the second “SA District Challenge” blood drive competition held in August.
A STBTC team member’s customer service, leadership, and support of the mission of saving lives has led to a national award: Donor Collections Team Member of the Year.
As hospital orders continue to outpace blood donations, members of the San Antonio City Council have announced the “Summer District Challenge” from Aug. 9-13.
Day in and day out, Richard and his team collected convalescent plasma from donors who recovered from COVID-19 that were there to help and give as much as possible.
After recovering from COVID-19, Gordon Hartman (the founder of Morgan’s Wonderland) added one more cause to the many he supports – donations of blood and COVID-19 convalescent plasma.
In 2020 alone, 3,299 donations came from Northside ISD locations – including 945 from first-time donors.
The pandemic didn’t stop Jordan Ford from saying “yes” in donating to the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center.
Through the year, Sinclair Broadcast Group in San Antonio informed the public almost daily about the ongoing and urgent need for blood and convalescent plasma through its TV stations.