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The Literature Rack
Included below are all the print literature we currently have available to our blood donors and blood drive coordinators. Please feel free to browse our brochures online, or email as at bloodcenter@swmail.sw.org if you would like us to mail you printed color copies of any of our materials.
Brochures
Here at the Scott & White Blood Center, your donation benefits your community. This brochure discusses how donating at Scott & White can be beneficial to you and patients in the Central Texas community.
You want to save lives by donating blood, but you're not sure how it works. This brochures gives a basic overview of the easy, 5-step process of giving blood.
Am I Eligible to Donate Blood? 
Often, community members are misinformed about the qualifications for donating blood and don't donate because they think they can't. This brochure briefly answers some common questions about blood donation eligibility.
Children born prematurely may have many complications, and they often become anemic. This brochure explains what neonatal exchanges are and what you can do to help.
Many lifesaving medical treatments require platelet transfusions. This brochure describes why platelet donations are so important and how you can become a donor.
How to Make an Impact without a Needle
Donating blood is one of the easiest and most profound ways to make an impact in your community, but sometimes our bodies just aren't designed to give blood. This brochure lists eight ways you can make a difference in your community by helping inform and encourage others to donate in your place.
Have you ever been told your hematocrit is too low to donate blood today? This brochure discusses how iron impacts blood donations, what some common symptoms of true iron-deficiency are and how you can raise your iron before your next donation.
Have you ever wondered what blood cells do? What blood types you can receive? How many donors are needed to save a car accident victim? This brochure gives many different facts about blood and blood donations.
How Do I Set Up a Blood Drive?
You want to save lives by setting up a blood drive, but you're not sure where to start. This brochure provides a basic overview to the easy, 5-step process of scheduling a drive.
Host a High School Blood Drive
Our bloodmobiles are designed to make donating blood convenient and fun for students and staff without a lot of hassle. This brochure discusses our self-contained bloodmobile set-up, our customized giveaways, and our basic guidelines for donation eligibility.
My Blood, Your Blood Educational Program
We are committed to educating our next generation of blood donors to ensure they understand the importance of donating blood. This brochure describes the My Blood, Your Blood Educational Program we currently offer to classrooms, after school programs, and girl scout and boys scout troups.
Coordinator Packet
All our current and potential blood drive coordinators receive an informational packet prior to their blood drive. These pages included with the drive specific flyers and sign up lists sent to the coordinators prior to each drive.
If you're interested in receiving a printed coordinator packet or learning more about setting up a blood drive, please complete a blood drive request form.
Flyers
This flyer provides a quick reference for what foods to eat and avoid to raise your iron prior to your donation.
Help us promote blood donations by posting this month's giveaways in your work place, church, school and community!
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