General Interests

Clerical

Assist with day-to-day operations by helping with clerical duties essential to delivering on our mission.

Clerical duties performed at BloodSource Mather Headquarters:

Various clerical including; Copying, filing, data entry, folding t-shirts, Mail Room activities, and sewing.  

Activity Shifts Start End
Sewing Projects (Completed at Home) 1

Donor Refreshment Lounge

Often the most popular area at BloodSource, the Refreshment lounge is where donors enjoy juice and snacks after their blood donation. Volunteers serve snacks and remind donors to stay for the full 15 minutes, plus ensure they drink plenty of juice and watch for rare, but potential reactions to the donation process.

Activity Shifts Start End
Auburn Donor Center (Open Shifts) 42 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Elk Grove Donor Center (Open Shifts) 0 5/26/2017 6/24/2017
Fair Oaks Donor Center (Open Shifts) 6 5/26/2017 6/28/2017
Folsom Donor Center (Open Shifts) 45 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Granite Bay Donor Center 0 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Granite Bay Donor Center (Open Shifts) 11 5/27/2017 6/30/2017
Grass Valley Donor Center (Open Shifts) 21 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Midtown Sacramento Donor Center (Open Shifts) 1 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Placerville Donor Center (Open Shifts) 4 5/30/2017 5/31/2017
Roseville Donor Center (Open Shifts) 7 5/27/2017 6/29/2017

General Training

Classes and training available to volunteers.

Activity Shifts Start End
Volunteer Orientation Mather 5 6/22/2017 12/7/2017

Marrow Drives

Are you a match for Be the Match®? In this role, you’ll help us recruit and register local donors for the National Marrow Donor Program, which helps provide lifesaving matches for patients across the country. You may also assist at marrow drives or help with clerical assignments, educational outreach, health fairs and special projects.
Activity Shifts Start End
IKEA (Marrow Registry) 1 6/2/2017 6/2/2017
Maidu Blood Donor Day (Marrow Registry) 2 7/14/2017 7/14/2017
University of California, Davis (Marrow Registry) 0 6/28/2017 6/29/2017
Univision Marrow Registry 1 6/16/2017 6/16/2017
Wackford Blood Donor Day (Marrow Registry) 2 6/9/2017 6/9/2017

Mobile Blood Drives - Pre Reg

As a pre reg volunteer, be the friendly face that greets and thanks our donors at our blood drives. You will help check for donor ID, answer basic questions on donating blood, and insure that donors are handed their promotional items.
Activity Shifts Start End
Dixon Community 0 6/12/2017 6/12/2017
FoodSource (North Highlands) 1 6/12/2017 6/12/2017
IKEA (West Sac) 0 6/2/2017 6/2/2017
Lake Tahoe Community College (South Lake Tahoe) 1 6/6/2017 6/6/2017
Regal Davis Stadium 5 0 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Regal Natomas (Sac) 1 6/30/2017 6/30/2017
Tami Saner & Keller Williams (Rocklin) 0 6/21/2017 6/21/2017
University of California, Davis 4 6/28/2017 6/29/2017
Univision - Pre Reg Spanish Speaking (Sac) 2 6/16/2017 6/16/2017

Mobile Blood Drives - Refreshments

Activity Shifts Start End
Univision - Refreshments English Speaking (Sac) 2 6/16/2017 6/16/2017
Univision - Refreshments Spanish Speaking (Sac) 3 6/16/2017 6/16/2017

Mobile Blood Drives - Varied Duties

Duties under this category include greeters, runners, crowd control, floaters and childcare. Some of these positions may be available to ages 14+ and up.

Activity Shifts Start End
IKEA - Childcare (West Sac.) 1 6/2/2017 6/2/2017
IKEA - Floater (West Sac.) 1 6/2/2017 6/2/2017
Maidu Community Blood Donor Day (Line Control) 2 7/14/2017 7/14/2017
Regal Davis Stadium 5 - Floater 1 5/26/2017 6/30/2017
Regal Natomas - Floater (Sac) 1 6/30/2017 6/30/2017
Univision - Childcare English Speaking (Sac) 3 6/16/2017 6/16/2017
Univision - Childcare Spanish Speaking (Sac) 3 6/16/2017 6/16/2017
Univision - Spanish Interpreter (Sac) 3 6/16/2017 6/16/2017
Wackford Community- Childcare (Elk Grove) 2 6/9/2017 6/9/2017
Wackford Community- Line Control (Elk Grove) 2 6/9/2017 6/9/2017

Warehouse

Join our BloodSource Warehouse team in West Sacramento to help pack supplies for mobile blood drives into designated totes, verify expiration dates of supplies, ensure all packed forms are current, inventory supplies, rotate stock/re-stock supply shelves and more.

Requirements

Must be able to lift 20 pounds

Physically capable of prolonged standing, reaching, lifting and moving of items

Dress code requires closed-toed shoes (no sandals or flip flops) and slacks/pants/jeans (no shorts)

The warehouse is closed to the public and you must have an appointment through Volunteer Services to meet with Warehouse staff.

Activity Shifts Start End
Warehouse Box Building 0
Warehouse Staging (Open Shifts) 1

Mission Statement

Dedicated to providing Blood and Services to those in need.