“World Volunteer Blood Donor Day” is celebrated every year on June 14. Founded in 2004, the event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank volunteer blood donors. Blood is a treatment tool whose source is human and has no other alternative for obtaining it. Donating blood helps save the lives of millions of people every year. It also helps patients live longer and with a higher quality of life and supports complex medical and surgical procedures.