Calling All Blood Donors!

BLOOD DRIVES at schools and colleges—which make up a large portion of the American Red Cross's collection sites-have dropped 62 percent.

- Kristine Gasbarre

“The need is far greater than the supply," says Tiffany Taylor, a spokesperson for the American Red Cross, which supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood. “There's no replacement for blood.

And the problem is likely to get worse. “As we go into the summer, we see a decline in donations," she says. “Schools are out, people are traveling, the weather is nice—so donating blood drops to the bottom of the list.”