08/06/2026
Direct donors typically are people who have a physical, emotional, or community connection with the recipient in need. From our Blessed By His Blood experiences in matching blood donors within our community alone, we have found that overwhelmingly, direct donors often have never given blood or have rarely given blood, but are more than willing to donate when asked to donate for a specific person. This only ADDS to the blood supply, leaving anonymous donor bags on the shelf for the next person in need. At a time when overall blood donation is down by over 30% (a statistic the blood industry has reported with urgency repeatedly), shouldn't the blood industry be welcoming EVERY donation instead of working to limit blood donations to anonymous only?
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*taken from Annals of Internal Medicine, pg 1021-1026, July 2025, “Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025”