# Event Details

- **Event Name**: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BATTLE OF THE BADGES BLOOD DRIVE
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am – Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Southern California first responders’ top priority is to help others in harm’s way. For the 20th campaign since 2007, first responders will further their commitment to helping others and saving lives by bolstering the community’s blood supply. During the Battle of the Badges blood drive, Southern California, first responders, law and public safety agencies compete to see who can recruit the most blood donors.

The community can join the fun and friendly competition at locations throughout Southern California by donating at a Battle of the Badges blood drive between January 1 and March 31, 2026. Everyone who donates at a Battle of the Badges blood drive will receive a commemorative T-shirt, while supplies last.

The need for blood is constant and every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Blood donations collected may go to help new parents, premature babies, cancer patients and accident victims access lifesaving blood.

Since Mahagony Thomas of the United States Probation Office launched the Battle of the Badges blood drive in 2007, more than 50,000 pints of blood have been donated in Southern California. In 2025 alone, the campaign collected 4,198 pints between January 1 and April 30, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department leading as the top collecting agency with 832 pints.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/escondido/southern-california-battle-of-the-badges-blood-drive/200029785253701
- **Event Categories**: contests, health-wellness, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 38

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029785253701?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=escondido-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Escondido
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2323 Felicita Rd, Escondido, CA 92029-4422, United States
- **lat**: 33.09066
- **long**: -117.08645
- **full address**: 2323 Felicita Rd, Escondido, CA 92029-4422, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire (https://allevents.in/org/cal-fire-san-diego-county-fire/21728612)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=SOUTHERN+CALIFORNIA+BATTLE+OF+THE+BADGES+BLOOD+DRIVE&date=26+Mar

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2323 Felicita Rd, Escondido, CA 92029-4422, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, health-wellness, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BATTLE OF THE BADGES BLOOD DRIVE ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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