A collaboration between the Red Cross and Peanuts is encouraging people to become first-time blood donors.
April 7, 2023, 10:12 PM UTCThe American Red Cross partnered with the popular Peanuts cartoon brand to create an exclusive T-shirt featuring Snoopy for people donating blood. Now, the shirt is going viral on TikTok and first-time blood donors are showing up to get their hands on the exclusive merch.
Cathy Chang, who goes by @uh…o_o on TikTok, posted a 6-second video Wednesday about her shirt that garnered over 4 million views. “If I see something cute and I don’t have to pay for it, I’m gonna go do whatever I need to do to get it,” she said.“They’re finally realizing we will do anything for merch,” one person commented.Chang, 24, said she wanted to donate blood in the past but had a fear of fainting. This T-shirt, however, was enough for her to confront that fear.
“It’s been really great to see so many young folks so fired up by this particular partnership and realizing that maybe their fear of needles or other concerns aren’t as bad as what they thought they might be,” he said.“We’ve seen web traffic to our appointment page — since Monday, it is up 50% versus our six-month running averages,” he explained. “What’s really cool and speaks to the social aspect of this is that organic search is up 600% over the last couple of days.
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