Music Saves Lives is an organization that has captured the way college and young teens can best serve their communities. They have created a way to build a new generation of blood donors to support the growing need for a secure blood supply. The need is very real, as homeland security has asked blood banks, nationwide, to have at least 7 days supply of all blood types on hand at all times.
There summer programs partner them with music tours, like the Vans Warped Tour, and havegenerated over 65,000 summer donation lowering the number of hospital postponed surgical procedures.
In 2008 over 400 patients were affected by postponed procedures directly due to a supply shortage of the patient’s blood type. This number was down 4% percent from the previous year due to our efforts.
We are very excited that we have had the pleasure of working with Music Saves Live in an effort to help them connect and community with young people across the states as they continue to do work that is saving lives, and educated the youth all across America.