Attention 2025 Graduates!
To ensure your award arrives in time for your ceremony, please note these important dates:
APRIL 1, 2025
Deadline to submit your enrollment form and all completed participation forms. ImpactLife accepts enrollment forms year-round. However, submissions received after April 1 may not guarantee award delivery by your ceremony date.
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MAY 1, 2025
Award packages will be mailed to your home address. If you have not received your award package by May 1 of your graduation year, please contact ImpactLife as soon as possible.
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Additional Information: Once your award requirements are confirmed as complete, please allow up to 2 weeks for your award to arrive. If you need to receive your award in less than 2 weeks, or if you have any questions, email hello@impactlife.org.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
When you join the Student Impact Award Program, you will directly impact people in your community who need blood. It’s a great way to earn volunteer hours & boost future college, scholarship, and career applications. To celebrate your efforts to help save lives, ImpactLife awards all high school students who complete this program:
- Graduation honor cord *
- Awards night recognition *
- Certificate of achievement
* Subject to school approval
ENROLL TODAY LOG PARTICIPATION
How to Earn
To earn your Student Impact Award, you must:
Be a high school student within our service region
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Enroll online by April 1 of your graduation year
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Earn at least SIX CREDITS, using any combination of the activities below
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Earn SIX CREDITS before graduation to earn your award!
DONATE BLOOD
Short on time but want to make a big difference? Donate blood to change someone’s world in less than an hour. Donations must be completed; deferrals (incomplete) donations will not count towards your award.
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1 credit per donation
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RECRUIT NEW OR LAPSED DONOR
Are you an influencer? This is for you. Grab your phone, invite your family, or ask your friends because you can make a difference. To qualify, your recruit must have not donated ever or for the last 2 years.
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1 credit per donation
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VOLUNTEER FOR DRIVE PLANNING
Are you a team player? Put your skills to a great cause and help a blood drive in your community succeed. Your voice matters. Eligible activities include: serving on a planning committee, sign up table, contacting donors, providing day of drive logistic support, etc.
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1
CREDIT
per drive
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COORDINATE A BLOOD DRIVE
Are you a leader? This is your time to shine. From logistics to the day of drive, plan a blood drive from start to finish. We’ll provide all the tools and support from our experts along the way. Demonstrate your dedication & ambition with great pride within our community. Sound interesting? Contact us today to get connected with an expert in drive planning.
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6
CREDITS
per drive
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AM I A COORDINATOR OR VOLUNTEER?
To earn recognition for coordinating a blood drive (worth 6 credits towards your award), requires a high level of dedication and leadership. ALL of the following statements must be true of drive coordinators:
- You worked directly with an ImpactLife team member to plan a blood drive from start to finish
- You worked independently (or with one other person) to organize the blood drive
- The blood drive would likely or definitely not have occurred without you
Questions? We’re here to help!
Call ImpactLife 800-747-5401 or send us an email today.