Volunteers

If you’re passionate about lifesaving blood donation, please consider volunteering! Volunteers are the heart of our mission, providing support at blood drives, in daily operations and at educational events.

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Blood Bag Numbering Crew

    Volunteers will label empty blood bags for mobile blood drives. Blood donations cannot happen without the bags; therefore, this is a critical volunteer role which allows OBI's life-saving mission to be successful. There is a 2-hour training required for this role.

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  • Blood Products Services Courier

    Volunteers are needed to deliver and retrieve blood products, equipment, displays, shipments, and supplies to/from mobile blood drive sites, centers, and other facilities, as needed.

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  • Blood Program Advocate

    Volunteers are needed to target and recruit small businesses to host blood drives. This volunteer will help recruit new donors though a range of public relations, marketing, and community relations tasks.

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  • Donor Calling Crew

    Volunteers call our life-saving donors to share mobile blood drive information such as date, location, time, and to invite them to schedule their donation by making an appointment at the drive.

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  • Donor Center Receptionist

    Volunteers are needed to help fulfill our important mission as the first point of contact for our blood donors, patients, and Our Blood Institute staff who rely on excellent communication skills and friendliness to greet donors, answer phones, and help donors with their appointments.

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  • Flights for Life Pilot

    Volunteers Pilots are needed to deliver life-saving blood products through the skies to patients in need throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.

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  • Mission Ambassador

    By becoming a mission ambassador, you can make a big impact in the safety of our community blood supply. You will help raise awareness about OBI through your personal social media accounts. This volunteer will get to create and to develop this opportunity, alongside the guide of Volunteer Services and our Creative team, making your own content and videos.

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  • Mobile Blood Drive Crew

    Volunteers are needed to greet and thank donors at community blood drives, which are held 7 days of the week at a variety of locations. If you are looking for a flexible volunteer opportunity, this one is for you!

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  • Promotions Prep Crew

    Volunteers are needed to pack and unpack bins of promotional items that will be taken to the drives or have returned from mobile blood drives. Stocking donor room promotion items, as needed. T-shirts, snacks, blood drive kits, tubes, etc.

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  • Social Media Ambassador

    This volunteer will use a personal social media platform to educate on blood donation and engage online to encourage new donors, assist with promotion of blood drives and speak on blood donation to the community.

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  • Program Ambassador

    A volunteer who is a subject matter “expert” in one or more of our programs who can work assigned drives that are affiliated with that program.

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  • Patient Ambassador

    These volunteers are former or current patients and/or family members of a patient who has used blood that attends blood drives to share their story and encourage donors to give. This volunteer will also share on social media, attend drives to encourage donation and share their story.

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  • Training Ambassador

    This volunteer helps train and onboard new volunteers to assist the volunteer coordinator. May be given additional assignments and admin duties to assist volunteer coordinator duties.

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  • Community Ambassador

    A volunteer who works health fairs and community events to talk about blood donation in general; can be tied to a specific blood drive to ask for sign ups or just talk about the donation process.

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Get Involved

Volunteering with us is flexible to your schedule, with a variety of volunteer opportunities to fit any interest. The best part? You’re part of our lifesaving work that’s transforming lives every day.

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