HomeMy WebLinkAboutLifeStream - PresentationPALM SPRINGS
City Council Meeting –June 30, 2022
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About LifeStream
•Nonprofit blood bank for the low desert
for over 70 years.
•Our mission is to help save lives by
connecting donors and patients
through the gift of blood.
•More than 80 hospital partners in 6
counties.
•500 donations/day needed to meet
hospital demand.
•Conducts about 1,600 mobile blood
drives annually.
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Ongoing critical blood shortage
•Most serious blood shortage in history. Many
hospitals have no blood on their shelves.
•Under two-day’s total supply on hand for our
service area, which includes Palm Springs.
•Some blood types consistently have less than
1 day’s supply.
•Estimated 37% of the population is eligible to
donate. But less than 4% of the population
actually donates blood.
5-month-old Paisley received a heart
transplant, requiring 41 pints of blood.3
How much blood is needed?
•Every 2 seconds, someone in
the U.S. needs blood.
•1 in 7 people entering the
hospital will need a blood
transfusion.
•1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men in
the U.S. will develop cancer
within their lifetime.
•Platelets are especially
needed by cancer patients.
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Palm Springs Blood Drives
•1076 pints (2021)
•Goal for Palm Springs in 2022:
1500 pints!
•Promote, Promote, Promote.
•Host special City sponsored blood
drives.
•https://www.lstream.org
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9 Cities Challenge
•July & August
•Prizes
•Largest total
•Largest drive
•Largest per capita
•Heroes Luncheon –9/9
•Honor your local heroes
•Win a year’s worth of ice cream
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Contact us
•To make an appointment to donate blood at a LifeStream
donor center, mobile blood drive, or to host a blood drive
call 800-TRY-GIVING or visit Lstream.org.
•Contact your dedicated Regional Account Manager –
Jacob Peykani at 909-453-7496 or peykanja@lstream.org
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THANK YOU!
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