PhlebotomyFam
About PhlebotomyFam
It Takes All Types To Save Lives
Giving is better with the family you choose.
PhlebotomyFam is a family blood donation initiative co-founded by Kathryn Davis and her mom with a simple mission: encourage families, friends, and communities to give blood together and make blood donation a tradition.
Whether “family” means parents and children, siblings, grandparents, best friends, teammates, coworkers, classmates, or the people you have chosen to do life with, PhlebotomyFam believes giving together makes an already meaningful act even more powerful.
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The Story Behind PhlebotomyFam
For Kathryn, blood donation advocacy is personal.
At age 14, Kathryn survived the 2021 LCBC youth group bus crash. All 30 ninth- and tenth-grade girls aboard were injured, and several of Kathryn's friends required blood transfusions during their surgeries and recovery.
The experience gave Kathryn a perspective on blood donation she had never expected to have. Behind every unit of donated blood is a person who chose to show up for someone they may never meet.
As Kathryn became more involved in blood donation advocacy, she and her mom recognized an opportunity to approach giving differently:
What if donating blood became something families did together?
That idea became PhlebotomyFam.
Rather than creating another blood collection organization, PhlebotomyFam works to connect people with the blood drives and blood collection organizations already serving their communities.
The goal is simple: help fill donor chairs, encourage new and returning donors, and make giving blood something people invite others to do with them.
Four Generations of Giving
Blood donation has been part of Kathryn's family story for four generations.
It began with Kathryn's great-grandfather, who started donating blood during World War II. His philosophy was simple:
“You got it for free. Give it for free.”
That belief became more than a saying. It became a family tradition.
The tradition continued with Kathryn's grandfather. When his daughter, Kathryn's mom, was young, he brought her along when he donated blood. Instead of growing up thinking of blood donation as something scary or unfamiliar, she saw firsthand that it was simply something her dad did to help other people.
Years later, Kathryn's mom became a regular blood donor herself.
And just as her father had done with her, she brought Kathryn along.
Before Kathryn was old enough to donate, she was already familiar with donor centers, blood drives, and, most importantly to a little girl, the snacks afterward.
Without realizing it, another generation was learning the same lesson:
Giving blood is simply something our family does.
Today, Kathryn proudly continues that tradition as a fourth-generation blood donor.
Great-Grandfather → Grandfather → Mom → Kathryn
When the Tradition Became Personal
Kathryn grew up understanding that donating blood was important. At age 14, she learned just how important.
In 2021, Kathryn survived a serious bus crash while traveling with her LCBC youth group. All 30 ninth- and tenth-grade girls aboard were injured, and several of Kathryn's friends required blood transfusions during their treatment and recovery.
For Kathryn, blood donation suddenly looked different.
The donors she had watched throughout her childhood weren't just giving blood. Somewhere, someone's decision to roll up a sleeve meant blood was available when Kathryn's friends needed it.
A family tradition had become deeply personal.
From Family Tradition to PhlebotomyFam
Kathryn and her mom co-founded PhlebotomyFam around an idea their own family had already proven for generations:
When giving becomes familiar, giving can become a tradition.
PhlebotomyFam encourages people to donate blood with the family they were born into and the family they choose.
Parents and children. Brothers and sisters. Best friends. Couples. Coworkers. Teammates. Classmates.
You don't have to share a last name to roll up your sleeves together.
PhlebotomyFam doesn't collect blood or replace the organizations that do. Instead, its role is to educate, encourage, and connect people with opportunities to donate through the blood collection organizations already serving their communities.
The goal isn't simply to inspire someone to donate once.
It's to help create families of lifelong donors.
Giving Is Better With the Family You Choose
This is where I'd get much more visual again.
You could have four simple blocks:
BRING SOMEONE
Ask a family member, friend, coworker, teammate, or classmate to make an appointment with you.
GIVE TOGETHER
Turn donation day into something you experience together.
CELEBRATE IT
Take the picture. Get the snack. Celebrate the milestone. Make giving something you're proud to share.
DO IT AGAIN
Put the next donation on the calendar and turn one good experience into a tradition.
Then underneath:
Who will you bring with you?
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It takes all types to save lives, and it takes all of us to make a difference. Follow Kathryn's journey through college, ROTC, service, advocacy, and the adventures still ahead.
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