The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) has hired Miranda Cole as a Sponsorship Developer. In her role, she will manage relationships with businesses, high schools, colleges and the faith-based community in parts of Lincoln, Catawba and Cleveland counties to help increase blood donations through sponsored blood drives.

Previously, Cole was a sponsorship development specialist at CBCC from 2004-2006. She spent the past seven years working at Isothermal Community College where she served as MotherLearn Coordinator and Instructor, Adult Basic Education Instructor, and Student Services Coordinator. Cole graduated from UNC Charlotte with a major in organizational communication and a minor in journalism.

About Community Blood Center of the Carolinas

The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) is a non-profit community-based blood center and the primary blood supplier to 21 regional hospitals, serving patients who live in 16 North Carolina and three South Carolina counties. The mission of CBCC is to be the steward of a community resource – life-saving blood and the vision is to help build and strengthen the bonds of community. CBCC is strictly a blood center, completely focused on gathering red blood cells, platelets and plasma from volunteer donors to save local lives – every drop of blood collected stays here to help people in the Carolinas. The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas is a member of America’s Blood Centers, North America’s largest network of community-based, independent blood centers providing more than 50% of the nation’s blood supply.

For more information on community blood drives, visit www.cbcc.us or call 704-972-4700. There are also CBCC donor centers located at: 4447 South Boulevard in Charlotte; 363 Church Street North Suite 170 in Concord; 2524 East Franklin Blvd Suite E in Gastonia; and 600 Hospital Drive in Monroe.

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