Red Cross Joins Giovanni's Friends

American Red Cross Blood Services - New England Region
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont

WCHS News: Maine Red Cross Holds Baby Giovanni's Friends Bone Marrow Drive

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American Red Cross Blood Services of Northern New England and Giovanni joins forces to turn New England into the "Life Saving States" and add 100k new donors

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The Red Cross has joined Giovanni's mission to make New England the "Life Saving States" by adding 100,000 donors to the International Bone Marrow Registry and saving hundreds of lives. The Red Cross helped save Giovanni and together they hope to abate our country's critical blood shortage threatening the lives of our loved ones. Giovanni wants you: Please donate blood and bone marrow today.

Red Cross Chapter New Donors added Matches Average Per Drive

NH 712 0 50.8

VT 705 0 58.7

MA 95 0 31.6

ME 171 0 85.5

CT 197 0 33.3

Total donors added: 1,900

Note: An average bone marrow drive in the United States adds 20 new donors

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American Red Cross Blood Services Bone Marrow Drives

New Hampshire Drives

Thank you memorial High School for adding 6-life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry.

Thank you St Anselm College, students, and the NH American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 38-life saving donors to the registry.

Thank you Manchester Board of Realators, the Tony Des Rochers Children Foundation and the Manchester Red Cross and staff for adding 36-life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry.

Thank you CVS and the NH American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 26-life saving bone marrow donors to the registry.

Thank you Merrimack Valley High School students and staff, and the NH American Red Cross for adding 46-life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry.

Thank you people of Bedford, NH, and the American Red Cross for adding 70-life saving donors to the registry.

Thank you Heritage Harley Davidson and the NH American Red Cross for adding 58-life saving donors to the registry hitting the 12,000 Giovanni donor, who is NH's leading radio personality, James D, Fronk, program director of the Hawk and Frank radio stations. Click here to see event slide show.

Thank you UNH, students, and the NH American Red Cross Blood Services for adding the following life saving donors to the international registry: Monday: 29, Tuesday: 26, Wednesday: 47, Thursday: 83 for a total of 185 donors.

Thank you American Red Cross, Bedford High, people of Bedford and NH for adding 106-life saving donors to the registry.

Thank you American Red Cross, WZID Radio, Hesser College, and the people of NH for adding 71 more life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry.

Thank you Loudon Police and Fire Departments, Volunteers, the NH Red Cross, and the caring people of Loudon for adding 76-life saving donors to the bone marrow registry.

Vermont Drives

Thank You St Michael's College for adding 37-life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry.

Thank you Norwich Military Academy, cadets, nursing students, staff, townspeople, especially nursing student Cindy Freudenthal and the Vt American Red Cross Blood Services for the all time one-day record Red Cross Baby Giovanni bone marrow drive adding 197-life saving bone marrow donors or nearly 10 time the national average.

Thank you Barre Elks Club, Vt, and the Vt American Red Cross for adding 42 life saving donors to the international registry.

Thank you people of Berlin, the American VFW and the Vt American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 33-life saving donors to the registry.

Thank you Littleton Elks Club and the American Red Cross Blood Services of VT for adding 27 life saving donors to the registry.

Thank you Dartmouth College, students and the American Red Cross Blood Services of Vermont for adding the following life saving bone marrow donors to the international registry: Wednesday: 90, Thursday: 88 for a total of 178. Congratulations Amy and staff for the largest to-date Save Giovanni's Friends drive by the Vt Red Cross.

Thank you Burlington, Vt, American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 43-life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry.

Thank you Lebanon CCBA, citizens, and Vt American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 49-life saving donors to the international bone marrow registry

Thank you Vermont University students and staff and the Burlington American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 47-life saving bone marrow donors to the international registry.

Thank you Newport High School, students, townspeople and American Red Cross for adding 37-life saving donors to the registry.

Giovanni's friends thank the Burlington Vermont American Red Cross and its 35 staff members who became life-saving bone marrow donors.

Connecticut

Thank you Victoria Li and family, townspeople, and the Connecticut Red Cross Blood Services for adding 30 life-saving bone marrow donors to the registry.

We welcome the Connecticut American Red Cross Blood Services for joining Team Giovanni for its first Save Giovanni's Friends Blood and Bone Marrow Drive. OUr first joint effort recruited 167 potential life saving donors for a per drive average of 33.4, which is over 1 and a 1/2 time the national average of 20 peopl eper drive.

Thank you University of Connecticut students, partucularly Daily Campus reporter Caitlin Emma for becoming the 13,000 donor to register at a Giovanni drive, and the American Red Cross Blood Services for adding 167-life saving bone marrow donors to the international bone marrow registry. M: 27 T: 21 W: 42 T: 31 F: 46.

Massachusetts Drives

Thank you Massachusetts Red Cross for added 37-life saving donors to the registry

Thank you Boston University students of Rich Hall for adding 29 life saving donors to the registry.

Thank you Boston University Towers Students for adding 29-life saving donors.

Maine Drives

Thank you Maine Red Cross Blood Services donor center and blood donors for adding 12-life saving donors to the registry.

The Maine American Red Cross Blood Services is the latest state to join the Save Giovanni's Friends Bone Marrow Movement. Thank you Maine Red Cross staff for adding 34-life saving donors to the bone marrow registry. Thank you for your warm welcome and appreciation. Special thanks to Gerie and all you Red Cross workers for helping to save lives everyday. I thank you for my son, Giovanni.

Save Giovanni's Friends Inc 501(c) With DKMS Americas: Where leukemia meets its match!

Too many kids die waiting for a bone marrow match. Imagine your child's last words: "Did they find a match for me today mom, dad?" Give the gift of life, Please become a bone marrow donor today.