In addition to saving lives here along Florida’s Gulf Coast, SunCoast Blood Centers is the only blood center to be certified Green. We plant a tree for every blood donation we receive. We are partnering with Forestmatic, an organization that is planting 4 million trees over the next 3 years. The impact of this global initiative is to offset 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Our new Lakewood Ranch headquarters was built with the environment in mind using LEED certified paint products, LEED certified lighting.
We also partner with local veterans’ groups and we support the U.S. Southern Command’s Warrior Care Program. This program which is based at Tampa’s MacDill AFB serves those elite soldiers, airmen and seals who have been injured in action.