Student Ambassadors

You don’t have to donate blood to make a life-saving impact. As a Hoxworth Student Ambassador, you’ll help spread the word, inspire your classmates, and lead the charge to make your school’s blood drive a success. Ambassadors play a huge role in promoting blood donation — from making announcements and sharing social posts to helping organize sign-ups and bringing the energy on drive day.

Being an ambassador comes with awesome benefits. You’ll gain real-life leadership and communication skills, earn volunteer hours, and get extra time out of class while helping a great cause. You’ll also score an exclusive Hoxworth Influencer shirt and have the chance to participate in fun challenges like TikTok competitions or Junior vs. Senior contests to boost excitement around your school’s drive.

Whether you’re a natural leader, a creative thinker, or just someone who loves to get involved, you can make a difference as a Student Ambassador. Be the voice that inspires others to save lives — and show your school what teamwork and compassion can do.

The biggest way to grow your blood drive is the spread the word! To spread awareness and encourage signups, Hoxworth suggests: 

• Use morning or afternoon announcements to remind students and staff to sign up for the blood drive
• Send out a weekly email to the school with a link to the sign-up page
• Include drive dates on your electronic boards or school signs
• Pass out flyers or have a sign-up table at events and athletic games
• Create an event on Facebook, school calendar, or intranet
• Allow teachers to offer extra credit or bonus points for students who sign up and attempt to donate
• Encourage competition between junior and senior classes and provide a special prize for the class with most registered donors
• Permit students to get creative with blood drive promotion and paint temporary murals, create outdoor chalk art, or use stickers to spread awareness
• Have a teacher who has donated blood write an op-ed for the school newspaper about why they donate
• Consider profiling a student, staff member, or parent who has received blood transfusions to highlight the need for blood products and why it’s important to donate.

Your Hoxworth blood drive recruiter is a great resource for ideas on promoting your blood drive and encouraging sign ups.  We can also arrange to have a speaker from Hoxworth come to an assembly or class to discuss the need for blood and how to donate.