In partnership with our community, San Diego Blood Bank’s (SDBB) Financial Development Department raises funds to support San Diego Blood Bank’s critical role in serving our diverse community with lifesaving blood services and innovative medical research. Gifts from SDBB financial donors are vital to support our mission to advance and grow the essential services we provide. Support can be designated for our greatest need fund or specific campaigns.
Your continued support provides critical
blood collection resources
Philanthropy is at the heart of our lifesaving efforts to provide much needed resources for blood collection and distribution for patients throughout Southern California. Caring people like you are the reason we impact the lives of so many patients.
At San Diego Blood Bank, we are always striving to do more for our patients, hospitals, and community. To meet growing needs for blood components more efficiently — and ensure the highest quality for every patient — we are investing in the Reveos® Automated Blood Processing System.
The Reveos is a revolutionary technology that automates the process of separating whole blood into its life-saving components: red cells, platelets, and plasma. Instead of multiple manual steps, the Reveos processes four donations at once in a single, streamlined cycle. This will allow SDBB to process more donations faster, optimize precious staff time, and improve product quality — ultimately helping more patients in need of life-saving transfusions.
Your support today ensures that San Diego Blood Bank continues leading the way in innovation, quality, and community impact. For more information about Reveos and how philanthropy fuels our mission, please contact Cherryl Castro-Lector, Director of Development, at cclector@sdbb.org or (619) 400-8214.
To make a gift today, click HERE or on the button below.
Reveos® Automated Blood Processing System
corporate partnership opportunities
Pictured left to right: Sycuan Representative, Glenn Anthony Quiroga, SDBB’s Cherryl Castro-Lector, Director of Development, and Leslie Eagan, VP Donor Services at the 9th Padres Summer Blood Drive at Petco Park, May 22, 2025.
San Diego Blood Bank is celebrating our 75th anniversary at the Gift of Life Benefit
on Thursday, October 2, 2025, the Mingei International Museum.
You and your organization can support this milestone event through sponsorships, underwriting opportunities, or in-kind donations.
This is a unique opportunity to:
Increase your brand visibility among community leaders and supporters
Demonstrate your commitment to community spirit and corporate social responsibility
Receive meaningful recognition before, during, and after the event
We are deeply grateful to the wonderful companies that have donated items to our silent auction so far including: BarkBox, Bitchin’ Sauce, Camp Bow Wow El Cajon, Chipotle, City Cruises, Drew Ramsey Photography, Emerald Spear Tequila, Kendra Scott, Mingei International Museum, Racel Bowman (Artist), Raising Cane’s,San Diego Air & Space Museum, SeaWorld San Diego, Sesame Place San Diego, SUP Pups, Sycuan Casino & Resort, The Century Club of San Diego, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and Visions Museum of Textile Art.
For more information about sponsorship, underwriting and in-kind donations click HERE or contact Christopher Tobin-Johnson, Corporate Giving Manager, by email at ctobin-johnson@sdbb.org or call (619) 400-8235.
special thanks
San Diego Blood Bank extends its heartfelt gratitude to the Hervey Family Fund at the San Diego Foundation for their generous grant of $25,000, which will significantly support our life-saving mission. We deeply appreciate the 17 years of collaborative partnership that we have shared with the Hervey Family in serving our San Diego community. We thank them for their continued support and commitment to making a difference in the health and well-being of patients and their families.
Thanks to Starbucks partners (employees) and The Starbucks Foundation for the recent grant of $1,000 in support of our life-saving mission. We are grateful to the Starbucks Foundation Neighborhood grants that help build sustained local impact.
meet Blood recipient Alijah
Alijah was diagnosed with a rare blood condition known as Thalassemia. Because of this condition, his body can’t make a type of hemoglobin called “E hemoglobin,” which is needed to carry oxygen in the blood. To stay healthy and alive, Alijah needs a blood transfusion every three weeks. He had his first transfusion when he was just 8 months old at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.
Alijah is incredibly thankful to the people who donate blood and take the time to help—thanks to them, he and others like him have a chance to live a healthy life.
“On behalf of Sharp HealthCare, we are so very grateful for the San Diego Blood Bank team. Our Patient Blood Management Team has been working steadily to conserve this very precious resource and we are so thankful to have such an incredible partner who continues to outperform the rest of the country and helps our hospitals save the lives of our patients each day. We are honored to work alongside each of you.”
─ Susan Stone, PhD RN FACHE NEA-BC, Chief Executive Officer, Sharp Coronado Hospital
Support key initiatives
Gift of life
Your gift will help fund state-of-the-art equipment and resources to ensure patients have access to a robust, safe blood supply.
Innovation
We are using DNA analysis to offer Precision Blood™ transfusions to patients with leukemia, sickle cell disease and bone marrow disorders.
collaboration
San Diego Blood Bank collaborates with San Diego and Southern California hospitals to collect umbilical cord blood after the birth of a healthy, full-term baby.
Ways to Give
individual gifts
planned giving
Corporate and Foundation Giving
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