You Too Can Be A Hero

World Blood Donor Day June 14th

The aim of World Blood Donor Day is to give particular thanks to individuals who donate their blood of their own free will, without any reward except feeling personal satisfaction about helping to save someone's life.

The objective is not to attract a big influx of new blood donors on the 14th of June, but to create wider awareness of the importance of voluntary unpaid blood donation. It is to encourage more people to become regular donors, including healthy donors who have already given blood when it was needed by a family member or friend. It also aims to promote healthy lifestyles among blood donors.

Did You Know?

• Some 80% of New Zealanders will need blood or a blood product during their lifetime
• Every donation can save up to three lives
• The New Zealand Blood Service always needs new donors (to replace those who no longer donate) – preferably a constant supply who will keep donating over the medium to long term Register here
• Becoming a blood donor is easy

Donating blood is safe and easy and takes less than an hour of your time

You Too Can Be A Hero

They could be your next door neighbour, your plumber, the student you pass on the way to work each morning, your aunty, your butcher – or even the chap that works in the tollbooth at the supermarket carpark.

They’re New Zealand’s unsung heroes – people who give life to other New Zealanders with no expectation of payment or thanks. And now’s the time to recognise them – on World Blood Donor Day – while encouraging potential donors to also become heroes – whether for a day, a year or a lifetime.

You can be a hero too register here to become a blood donor