Red Cross Services & Blood Drives

What is Red Cross Services and Blood Drives?

The Red Cross program exists to provide compassionate care to those in need. Our volunteers have the exceptional opportunity to provide care through the following:

Community Outreach
We make it a priority to help our community in any way possible while making everyone's health and safety our number one goal.

Virtual service opportunities
We are implementing a handful of online service opportunities including:

• Missing Maps: We map vulnerable communities around the world to help first responders locate and deliver lifesaving aid.
• Disaster training: Over Zoom review disaster training materials together.
• Disaster recovery: Train to provide casework services remotely. 

Biomedical Services
We encourage our volunteers to get involved with the Red Cross Blood Donation program.

Blood Donation
Blood Drives is a program that allows volunteers to assist donors before and after giving blood. Volunteers also help recruit new donors and advertise for upcoming drives.

Volunteer Services
Volunteers can help teach virtual EDGE Skill training courses.

Missing Maps Project
Missing Maps works to put the World's Vulnerable Communities on the Map.
Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people. Many of the places where these disasters occur are literally 'missing' from open and accessible maps and first responders lack the information to make valuable decisions regarding relief efforts. Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project in which you can help map areas where humanitarian organizations are trying to meet the needs of people at risk of disasters and crises.

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How do I get involved?

UPCOMING BLOOD DRIVES

Look here to see when the next blood drive is!

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Volunteer Description: Volunteers serve in various capacities and responsibilities may vary.

Volunteer Commitment: Come to our bi-monthly meetings held every 2nd & 4th Wednesday night at 7pm in the Eyring Science Center C255.

STAY UP TO DATE

Join our email list so you can hear about all of our service projects and events coming up!

BECOME A BLOOD DONOR

You can sign up for your first blood donation appointment here, or go to redcrossblood.org and use the campus code "byucampus" to see available times. Drives are held in the WSC so you don't have to travel off campus to donate.

MISSING MAPS PROJECT

If using your phone:
1.) Download the MapSwipe app here.
2.) Go through the quick tutorial about marking the maps with green, yellow, and red squares.
3.) Choose a project and start validating map data.

If using your laptop
1.) Go to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Tasking Manager at openstreetmap.org and create a login.
2.) Go to tasks.hotosm.org and sign in using that same login you created on OpenStreetMap. Begin by exploring and selecting a project.

- When you are done mapping, please make sure to log your hours for the Red Cross program using the Y-Serve feature on the BYU app.

For more information than what is listed above, contact the program directors by email at byuredcross@byu.edu.