From high schools to professional trade schools to the colleges and universities that dot the Indiana landscape, Indiana Blood Center partners with hundreds of educational institutions who host blood drives each year. Indiana Blood Center appreciates the support and strives to make the blood drive a simple, turnkey community project for the blood drive host.
K-12 Partners:
University and Collegiate Partners:
Purdue University
Collegiate Blood Drive Challenges
Indiana Blood Center calls on the competitive spirit of students, alumni and fans within Indiana's biggest collegiate rivalries. The participating schools' on-field matchups are preceded with an Indiana Blood Center challenge to see which team can collect the most units of blood and earn bragging rights heading into the big game. The challenges harness the excitement and enthusiasm of school supporters throughout Indiana by offering the chance take part in the rivalry and give back to the statewide community.
IU/Purdue Challenge: October 6 - November 14, 2008
Preceding the Old Oaken Bucket game
DePauw/Wabash Challenge: October 14 - November 13, 2008
Preceding the Monon Bell game