High School Programs

Program descriptions

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• Student Scholarships

  Memorial Blood Centers partners with area high schools to provide graduating seniors—selected by school faculty or advisors—with financial scholarships to help support their continuing education. Scholarships funds awarded to each school are cumulative, based on the number of Memorial Blood Centers blood drives held at the school throughout the year*, and the total units of blood donated at each drive.

  It’s easy to help your students qualify!

  • Sponsor just two Memorial Blood Centers blood drives at your high school during the year* and earn student scholarships for graduating seniors.
  • Host more blood drives, engage more students in donating blood, and earn more financial awards to distribute among your most deserving students.
  • Bonus T-shirts available when you host 4 or more drives!

  * Program eligibility covers a full calendar year, from June 16, 2012 through June 15, 2013. Additional program qualifications apply.
  

  “With Memorial Blood Centers’ extra scholarship support, I’ve been able to get through my first year of college without taking on a student loan. It’s also given me a great reason to talk to others about MBC and the importance of saving lives through blood donation. Thank you. Your financial gift is greatly appreciated as I continue my major in Chemistry at UMD.” —Jamie Polaski, Proctor High School, 2012 Memorial Blood Centers Scholarship Winner

• High School Workshop

  Memorial Blood Centers annually brings together dozens of students looking to give back through a community service project, enhance their leadership and customer service skills, and play an important role in saving lives through blood donation. The High School Blood Drive Workshop offers a one-day training and education experience that empowers students to develop critical leadership skills as they assemble a team to organize blood drives, recruit their peers to be blood donors, and work with faculty and staff advisors to promote the event and ensure its success. They will have an opportunity to:

  • Expand their knowledge of blood—what it is, what it does, and why it is so critical to saving and sustaining life
  • Learn from the stories of real-life donors and recipients how blood impacts the lives of others
  • Reach across the Metro and Northland areas to collaborate with other students to plan blood drives, generate innovate ideas to improve the success of their efforts, and learn from peer-to-peer experiences the importance of working together to “do the right thing!”
  • Generate visibility for their school by posting results at MBC.org, on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media
    

  2012 High School Workshops

  • October 5, 2012
    Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota
    Education Center, Minneapolis
  • October 24, 2012
    St. Mary's Auditorium, Duluth