The Red Cross recognizes high schools in the following 9 categories:
Best Theme: Overall theme of a blood drive. Signs, special canteen, decorations, costumes, promotion and incentives considered. Please take pictures and turn them in to your donor representative to present during judging.
Best Slogan: Most creative phrase/saying used on signs, flyers or banners to communicate the message of a blood drive.
Best Short Media: Most effective production encouraging students to donate (30 seconds to 2 minutes).
Best Long Media: Most effective production encouraging students to donate (2 minutes or longer).
Highest Percentage Participation: Number of productive units of blood collected throughout the school year, divided by the number of eligible students (calculated as 100% of seniors and 50% of juniors).
Highest Percentage Increase Over Last Year's Collections: Difference between last year and this year's productive units, divided by last year's total productive units.
Grand Slam Schools: Schools hosting 4 or more blood drives in a year.
T-Shirt Design Contest: Most creative design to encourage blood donations among high school students.
Most Units Collected in School Year: Highest total number of productive units of blood collected.