LifeStream Blood Bank is accepting online applications for its 2020 Youth Ambassador of the Year Award and accompanying $1,000 scholarship.
To be eligible, students must be 15 to 18 years of age as of September 1, 2019 and attend a school that hosts on-campus LifeStream blood drives. Blood donation is not required but applicants must demonstrate active support for blood donation.
The deadline to apply is March 1.
The successful candidate will be the subject of a brief video that will be premiered Sunday, April 19 at LifeStream’s 37th Annual Gift of Life Tribute, 10-Gallon Donor Celebration. The successful candidate will then have the opportunity to address the expected 800-900 attendees. The $1,000 check will be presented at the event.
For more information and to complete the application, go to LStream.org/YAY.
LifeStream is a local, nonprofit blood bank that supplies blood products and services to more than 80 Southern California hospitals. For more information and to set an appointment to give the “gift of life” call 800-879-4484 or visit LStream.org.