Thank The Donor
Thank-The-Donor™ is a tool that allows blood product recipients, their family, or friends to send one-way, anonymous, thank you messages to the generous person or persons who donated the blood product you received.
Make sure Atlanta Blood Services has your most up-to-date email address so you are able to receive your Thank-The-Donor™ message!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How did the blood recipient get my email address?
They didn’t. Neither the blood recipient, nor anyone else, who wrote you the Thank You message has your email address, or any other direct personal information about you.
How was I identified as this recipient’s blood donor?
On every blood product collected and distributed, there is a Donor Identification Number, or DIN. The DIN is a federally-required label that allows hospitals and blood banks to know exactly where a blood donation came from. It is a 13-digit code that contains no other identifying donor information. Using the DIN, and an online tool called Thank the Donor, the recipient of your blood was able to send a thank you email to Atlanta Blood Services, not directly to you.
Has any of my personal information been shared with the person who received my blood?
No. All thank you emails sent from blood recipients come directly to ABS. Our staff member uses our secure database to identify the blood donor and their email address, and then our staff member sends the thank you email to the donor. The transfusion recipient will receive NO information about the person who made the donation.
Can I contact the person who received my blood?
No. Federal Privacy Laws prevent us from sharing any distinct identifying information about either blood recipients or blood donors.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Atlanta Blood Services is prohibited by law to share any contact information between blood donors and blood recipients. No contact information or identifying patient information will be shared between the blood recipient and/or sender of the message and the blood donor.
All messages sent through the Thank-The-Donor™ website are received by Atlanta Blood Services and vetted prior to being forwarded by Atlanta Blood Services to the blood donor. The sender of the message DOES NOT have access to the email address, or any other contact information, related to the blood donor. The blood donor receiving the message DOES NOT have access to the email address, or any other contact information, related to the blood recipient and/or sender of the message.
NOTE: Messages will only be forwarded to blood donors via email. Messages sent to blood donors through the Thank-The-Donor™ website will only be forwarded to blood donors who have current email addresses in the Atlanta Blood Services database. If a blood donor has unsubscribed from the Atlanta Blood Services email service, they will not receive any messages sent through the Thank-The-Donor™ website. If a blood donor does not wish to receive any messages sent through the Thank-The-Donor™ website, they may opt out by contacting Atlanta Blood Services at (404)459-8744 and request to be placed on the Do Not Email list.