South Texas Blood and Tissue Center

STBTC’s staff and volunteers are committed to serving the blood, tissue and related needs of the South Texas community in a cost-effective manner by utilizing state-of-the-art facilities and equipment and to enhance those services through education and research.

South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) is a unique, non-profit, community resource that saves lives by working with volunteer donors to provide the highest quality blood and tissue components to patients. By using cutting-edge technology, our team of dedicated professionals has helped save hundreds of thousands of lives over more than 35 years.

Participating companies can:

• Host a blood drive by May 8, 2020 at its location. Host a blood drive.
• Send employees to donate at one of six neighborhood donor rooms by May 8.

Hosting a Blood Drive*:

• Each company will need to designate a Blood Drive Coordinator.
• The Blood Drive Coordinator will need to call their Donor Recruitment Consultant to schedule a blood drive at 210.731.5590 or email service@southtexasblood.org to set up a blood drive.
• The Blood Drive Coordinator will work with a Recruiter to discuss date, time, location and promotional materials to display at the place of business.
• If your company is currently hosting blood drives, please be sure to tell your Recruiter your company is participating in the Corporate Cup Charity Challenge.
• All scheduled blood drives require a minimum of 15 donors to qualify.
• The Blood Drive Coordinator should sign up their donors on www.donatingforlife.org. Keep this sheet for any employees who wish to donate at a neighborhood donor room. See instructions for donating at a neighborhood donor room.
• Employees unable to donate at their blood drive can schedule an appointment to donate at a neighborhood donor room. See instructions for donating at a neighborhood donor room.

**San Antonio Sports will provide the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center a list of all participating companies. After May 8, STBTC will tally the total number of donors for each company. STBTC will provide the totals for each company to San Antonio Sports.

Donating at a Neighborhood Donor Room**:

• If a participating company cannot host a blood drive, the employer can have individuals schedule appointments to donate at one of six neighborhood donor rooms. Visit donatingforlife.org to learn how to schedule an appointment online or call 800-292-5534 ext. 3500.
• The company must designate a Blood Drive Coordinator to keep a list of names of employees who wish to donate blood.
• If an individual has scheduled an appointment to donate, the individual should contact the Blood Drive Coordinator prior to his donation date to be added to his/her sign in list.
• The Coordinator will be responsible for sending STBTC their list of donor names so that STBTC can verify the list. Email your sign-in sheets to service@southtexasblood.org.

**Neighborhood Donor Room Locations: (Subject to change)