Final Blood Drive Tally
The 2018-2019 MacRumors Blood Drive has ended, but you can record donations from now through April 2020 on our
Team Page. These donations will be tallied for the 2019-2020 MacRumors Blood Drive in May 2020.
We encourage eligible people to continue to
donate blood and platelets at any time of year, to spread the word about how important it is, to sign up for the
organ donor registry and bone marrow registry, and to encourage others to do the same.
Blood Drive totals:
Blood: 59 donors, 79 donations, 82 units
Platelets: 8 donors, 21 donations, 45 units
Plasma: 5 donors, 28 donations, 28 units
Totals: 69 donors, 126 donations, 155 units
1 new bone marrow registry signup
Thanks and congratulations to the forum members and friends on our
Honor Roll:
@7thson,
@afir93,
@AlliFlowers,
@barbu,
@bogie66,
@bunnspecial,
@casperes1996,
@chaleyer,
@chaleyer's wife,
@dynamojoe,
@eric4,
@FloatingBones,
@gentlegiantcrai,
@hallux,
@hermes16,
@jaknudsen,
@JamesMike's team of 35,
@jason,
@jbachandouris,
@katelyn, Linda,
@mgmodell,
@montycat,
@moovyphreak,
@ozziejeff,
@rcappo,
@robert,
@skinuca,
@Slade Mahoney,
@stridemat,
@Timelordprime,
@vault,
@Venron, and
@waldo647
and to all other blood, platelet, and plasma donors.
Special mention
For joining the bone marrow registry:
@vault.
For multiple blood donations:
@JamesMike (organized 35 donations),
@FloatingBones (7 donations),
@vault (6 donations),
@Doctor Q (4 donations),
@gentlegiantcrai (3 donations),
@barbu (2 donations),
@jbachandouris (2 donations),
@ozziejeff (2 donations), and
@Venron (2 donations).
For multiple platlet donations:
@Timelordprime (8 donations),
@skinuca (5 donations),
@bunnspecial (2 donations), and
@7thson (2 donations).
For multiple plasma donations:
@chaleyer (13 donations),
@chaleyer's wife (10 donations), and
@ozziejeff (3 donations).
Cumulative Totals
In 10 years the MacRumors Blood Drives have recorded donations of 699 units of blood and platelets and plasma (416 blood + 246 platelets + 37 plasma) in 547 donations by 234 distinct donors. 101 of them donated more than once. We have recorded 8 new signups for the organ donor registry and 4 new signups for the bone marrow registry. We've heard from many forum members whose lives were affected by blood, platelet, or bone marrow donations.
Special mention for participating in 5 or more MacRumors Blood Drives:
By units, the top donors are: