Takes All Types (TAT) is a not-for-profit company that uses online social networks to connect a new generation of blood donors to the blood collection organizations who urgently need them.

Why should we care about blood? Only 5% of Americans who are eligible to donate do so, and their average age is 50. Without a younger generation to replace them, our nation will face an even more severe healthcare crisis.

TAT appeals to a socially active and civic-minded new generation of donors. Using this website and online social networks like Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/takesalltypes/), MySpace, text messages (text 'BLOOD' to 69866) and other channels, TAT enables caring people to quickly and conveniently be on-call as volunteers and blood donors. Show the world your proud participation and encourage your friends to donate too!

Your participation saves lives. When you volunteer to become a Takes All Types blood donor, you’ll get personalized alerts whenever your local community needs your type of blood. You can receive the alerts by text message, Facebook, phone, fax, and e-mail, telling you where and when you can donate.

If we raise the number of donors who give by just one percent (1%) we can end the chronic blood shortage.