The University of Tennessee Volunteers easily tamed the University of Kentucky Wildcats in October, but the competition between these rivals isn’t over yet. The 28th Annual Battle of the Orange and Blue is scheduled for November 16th-20th. The event is a partnership between MEDIC Regional Blood Center in Knoxville and the Kentucky Blood Center in…
While the Tennessee Volunteers are preparing to take on the Florida Gators on September 26th, the competition among fans of both teams is already heating up. Beginning Monday, September 14th, blood donors in Knoxville and Gainesville will be competing to see who can collect the most blood to help their community blood centers. On the…
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is once again teaming up with the Tennessee Valley Fair to offer free fair tickets to all donors. Anyone who donates blood September 8th-September 11th will get one free admission to the Tennessee Valley Fair. Here is a list of all MEDIC blood drives where donors can receive free tickets to…
MEDIC is giving away a pair of tickets to see the Tennessee Vols take on the Oklahoma Sooners to one person who donates lifesaving blood. Everyone who donates blood on Thursday, September 3rd will be entered to win the tickets. Donors at all locations will be entered. The game on September 12th is the first…
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is teaming up with the Knoxville Zoo to offer a great incentive to blood donors. On Thursday, August 6th, anyone who donates at a MEDIC blood drive will receive a ticket for one free admission to the Knoxville Zoo. That’s in addition to receiving a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A Sandwich,…
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is teaming up with Bruster’s Ice Cream to save lives in East Tennessee. Everyone who donates blood at a MEDIC blood drive on Monday, June 29th or Tuesday, June 30th will receive a coupon for a free pint of Bruster’s Ice Cream.With temperatures over 90º for much of the past two…
Our 11th Annual Parrot Head Party is scheduled for May 21st at MEDIC’s Downtown Donor Center on Ailor Avenue. We’re teaming up with the Smoky Mountain Parrot Head Club to put on a great event. All donors will be treated to a cheeseburger lunch, free Rita’s Italian Ice, a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A sandwich,…
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For years you’ve probably heard about the importance of O- blood. It is, after all, the universal donor. Hospitals love it because they can virtually transfuse a unit of O- blood into anyone regardless of their blood type. Even donors with O+ and A+ blood types have been in high demand. Those blood types account for…
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is providing Second Harvest Food Bank with 14,460 meals thanks to the generosity of its blood donors. Typically, all MEDIC blood donors receive a t-shirt for donating blood, but during the month of February, donors had the option of receiving a shirt or donating the cost of the shirt to Second…