Spots remain to donate blood at the CALS blood drive on Thursday, February 22, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the basement of the Agricultural Engineering Building, also known as the BSE Department at 460 Henry Mall. The CALS Community of Wellness, the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences (PAS) and the Plant Sciences Graduate Student Council (PSGSC) are hosting this spring semester blood drive.

To sign up to donate blood, go to the Red Cross website: https://www.redcrossblood.org/, and use sponsor code UWCALS.

Questions? Contact Kristin Carroll at kristin.carroll@wisc.edu. 

Here are a few things to know:

• There is currently an emergency blood supply shortage. Please help ensure a stable blood supply is available and donate blood.
• You can give blood after having COVID-19 if it’s been 10 days since your diagnosis AND you have been symptom-free for 10 days. 

And here are a few statistics from the Red Cross. In 2023:

• We had a 4.3% increase in first-time donors.
• We had an 8.8% increase in Power Red units.
• We had almost 59,000 more donors aged 16–24, a 20% increase, helping to create a new generation of donors.