

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hearts in the Parks Blood Drive
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: I know a lot of you love the Santa Cruz community as much as I do and many of you give back in different ways. Here’s an important ask for all of you, local or not.

I was recently talking to a friend about donating blood and learned the City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation is hosting their first blood drive, though other city departments have hosted their own drives.
In researching the current need, I learned there’s currently a severe shortage of blood.

I used to donate blood a lot when I worked over in Santa Clara, my company made it easy as the Red Cross would come and set up in a conference room. I’m proud to say I hit 2 gallons in donations, but am disappointed in myself for not donating in the last few years. That’s going to change and if not before, I’ll be donating 4/16 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

I invite everyone to join me, here’s a link with more info https://www.redcrossblood.org
If you’d like to donate at the Civic, the sponsor code is HEARTSSC. If you prefer to do it sooner or you’re out of the area, you can input your zip code and you’ll find many blood drives near you.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for considering this.  ❤️ Together we can make a difference! 

Feel free to share this so as many people as possible can join us.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/santa-cruz/hearts-in-the-parks-blood-drive/200029755781845
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit, business, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 46

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029755781845?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=santa+cruz-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Santa Cruz
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
- **lat**: 36.973781781676
- **long**: -122.02910148865
- **full address**: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St,Santa Cruz, California, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Native Santa Cruz (https://allevents.in/org/native-santa-cruz/25247420)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/09998c7fbde673e22ad7ba2e362dc6879bd9f5332456cb570ad321664df1bd5b-rimg-w1200-h1436-dcdf1b21-gmir?v=1774358648
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/71f76312a19dce78d5cfad35077193f490f3be56b499a378a16bbeb804333a21-rimg-w300-h300-dcdf1b21-gmir?v=1774358648

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St,Santa Cruz, California, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Native Santa Cruz
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit, business, conferences
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hearts in the Parks Blood Drive ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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