2009 Blood Drive a Complete Success: 2,623 units!
By Geoff Termorshuizen | September 10, 2009 | 10:42 am | Posted in: '09 Blood Drive, '09 D*C News, 2009

For the Dragon*Con 2009 blood drive, we registered 2,439 people and drew 2,012 donors—1,836 whole blood, 85 platelets donors, and 92 double red cell.

The drive resulted in a final tally of 2,623 units being put into inventory (140 platelets, 1,843 red cells, and 640 plasmas). That’s 2,623 chances to actively save a life!

Many, many thanks to everyone who donated, to all the wonderful LifeSouth staff who manned the convention for the weekend, and a special thank you to Dr. Alan Koslow who so tirelessly promoted the drive throughout the convention.

After a lifetime of science fiction and fantasy influences, the last fifteen of which have been spent in IT, Geoff Termorshuizen finished a degree in Political Science and Religion. He currently works as a systems engineer doing communications intercept, and is pursuing certification in digital forensics and anti-forensics.