MCA organises mobile blood collection
Did you know that only 3 percent of Flemish people give blood, while 70 percent need blood at some point?
MCA wanted to do its bit by lowering the threshold for donating blood for all companies on the site. Therefore, on 9 December, in collaboration with Rode Kruis Vlaanderen, MCA organised a mobile blood collection event in MCA Labs. ‘That way, we wanted to convince colleagues to donate blood.’
The first edition was an instant success: 71 donors signed up and 55 donations were effectively made. Donors were able to recover afterwards with a snack and a drink. Thanks to the enthusiastic commitment of so many donors, a big difference has been made for everyone who needs blood.
We asked some donors what they thought of this initiative:
It had been 10 years since I had given blood. This initiative made it very accessible because you didn’t have to go anywhere. Moreover, I was motivated by other colleagues who were also open to this.
It’s a great initiative by MCA to organise something like this at the office. Sharing is caring and hopefully saving lives!
It has been a long time since I gave blood, but since MCA was organising it now, I decided to do it again. It’s really convenient that it can be done at work!
Given the success of this very first edition, MCA is already looking at dates to organise another donation in autumn 2025.