Stanford Blood Center Partners with Cantor Arts Center to Give Art Lovers Opportunities...

Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:21pm EDT

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Stanford Blood Center Partners with Cantor Arts Center to Give Art Lovers Opportunities to Donate Blood

STANFORD, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
The Stanford Blood Center invites the public to view a special
installation at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University and to
donate blood this summer. This unique exhibition, titled, "Spared from
the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art," showcases
80 pieces of world-class art that escaped the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina in New Orleans.

In keeping with the focus on surviving tragedy, the blood center's
bloodmobile will be on location at Cantor Arts Center on selected
Thursday evenings through early September. Art lovers and members of
the community are encouraged to donate blood as a way to offer a
lifeline to patients in local hospitals--especially now. Due to
unusually high demand, the blood center is experiencing a critical
shortage of type O-negative blood.

"The museum has been serving Stanford and the community for more
than a century. This blood drive gives us an opportunity to serve in a
new way, and it is timely as we present 'Spared from the Storm' and
prepare for disasters here," said Cantor Arts Center operations
manager Steve Green.

Cantor's diverse collections span continents, cultures and 5,000
years of art history. The museum has withstood natural disasters and
periodic neglect, only to be resurrected, renewed and expanded, thanks
to the dedication of Stanford faculty and staff, and art lovers in the
surrounding community. It is with shared appreciation for this
community that Cantor Arts Center and Stanford Blood Center teamed up
to provide the unique combination of viewing works of art and donating
blood.

"We are honored to be a part of the 'Spared from the Storm'
experience," said blood center marketing director John Williams.
"Attendees will definitely be impacted by the amazing survival story
of this collection, and Stanford Blood Center's aim is to provide them
with an effective way to give life and hope to patients in local
hospitals."

The bloodmobile will be on location at Cantor Arts Center's Rodin
Sculpture Garden from 4 to 8 p.m. on the following Thursdays: June 12,
June 26, July 10, July 24, Aug. 7 and Sept. 4.

Donors can call the blood center at (650) 723-7831 or toll-free
(888) 723-7831 to make an appointment for donating at either the
bloodmobile or any of the center's facilities. Donors should be in
good health with no cold or flu symptoms. They must eat well prior to
donation, drink fluids and present photo identification at the time of
donation. The process takes about an hour. For more information or to
schedule an appointment online, please visit
http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu. Drop-in donors will be accepted for
any times open on the schedule.

Stanford University Medical Center integrates research, medical
education and patient care at its three institutions -- Stanford
University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. For more information, please
visit the Web site of the medical center's Office of Communication &
Public Affairs at http://mednews.stanford.edu.

Stanford University Medical Center
Michele Hyndman, 650-799-9885
mhyndman@stanford.edu
or
Brooke Krannich, 650-723-8270
krannich@stanford.edu