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Charles Drew Black History Month Blood Drive

By
Junior Benjamin
February 21, 2017
New York Blood Center is one of the largest community-based, nonprofit blood collection and distribution organizations in the United States.

Columbia University is once again proud to host our annual Black History Month blood drive in honor of Dr. Charles R. Drew (College of Physicians & Surgeons 1940), named by the American Chemical Society as “one of the most important scientist of the 20th century.” A pioneering medical researcher, Drew developed methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the world. In 1940, he became the first African American to earn a doctoral degree in medicine from Columbia.

Inventor of blood bank, first director of American Red Cross. Photo credit: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Consider these statistics:

  • Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood. You or someone you know will need blood because of an accident, surgery, premature birth, cancer treatment, or another unforeseen event.
  • One single pint can save three lives; a single gesture can create a million smiles.
  • Giving blood is a simple thing to do, but it can make a big difference in the lives of others.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Jerome Greene Annex, Columbia Law School, Morningside campus
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored and hosted by Columbia Law School Student Senate

Friday, February 24, 2017

Low Library Rotunda, Morningside campus
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
In conjunction with Columbia’s chapter of the Charles Drew Premedical Society

Register to donate today. Walk-ins welcomed.

Sponsored by Office of the President, Office of Government and Community Affairs, and New York Blood Center.

Each time you donate you’ll earn Advantage points redeemable for a wide variety of gifts or gift cards. You can even donate your points to selected charitable organizations. Click here to learn how to redeem your points.

Click here to see the FDA’s new policy regarding men who have sex with other men. Columbia University continues to work with its partner, the New York Blood Center, in ongoing efforts to remove the ban, completely.  You can help in this effort by logging in here to sign a public petition.