Thanks to funding from last year’s Red & White Ball, South Texas Blood & Tissue will be announcing its first GenGive Scholarship program soon, Audra Taylor, STB&T Vice President, Blood & Tissue Operations, told The Foundation board at its November meeting.
A total of $60,000 in 25 scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors at the end of the 2025-26 school year, including a $12,000 award given to a student who donated blood eight times while in high school. More information is at GenGiveTX.org.
Donations among high school students – the focus of the GenGive program – continue to grow this school year, she added.
Taylor told the board the organization plans to open a new donor center in Alamo Heights in the first quarter of 2026 and one in the Rio Grande Valley by the end of 2026. She noted that South Texas Blood & Tissue will continue to conduct mobile blood drives in the Rio Grande Valley in 2026.
