Be a Hero will be returning to the Big House on Sunday, November 21st! Join us for our largest event at the Michigan Stadium. Blood donors are encouraged to donate blood at the biggest blood drive on the University of Michigan campus. Blood donations will count towards the Blood Battle competition against OSU. Attendees also have the opportunity to join the organ donor registry or be screened as a bone marrow donor. There will be entertainment, activities, giveaways, special guests, and snacks throughout the day.

Make your blood donation appointment here: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?dt=WB:PL:DR:PM&ed=11%2F21%2F2021&order=DATE&range=10&sd=11%2F21%2F2021&zipSponsor=goblue

Scheduled Entertainment
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet the Wolverine Trooper
10:50 am Mascot Dance-off
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Meet our Athletic Guest, Jon Jansen
1:00 pm Watch the Detroit Lions vs. the Cleveland Browns on the suite TVs

All Day
Donate Blood
Join the organ donor registry
Join the bone marrow registry
Meet the Michigan pageant winners
Play games and participate in fun, family-friendly activities
Post something to the social media feed
Grab some cider & doughnuts
Score a free t-shirt
Enter to win one of our exciting door prizes


Interested in volunteering? We need a bunch of volunteers to help pull this event off! We're asking for help both the day of the event and the day before to help load-in. Click the sign-up links below to see how you can help!

In alignment with Michigan Medicine's policy, all Michigan Medicine volunteers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to volunteer. To be considered fully vaccinated, you must be at least two weeks post completion of two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. For information on vaccines and where to access them, click here.

If you are a University of Michigan student, faculty, or staff member and have already verified your vaccine with the institution, please email a screenshot of your ResponsiBLUE screen showing that your vaccine has been “Completed” to Megan Podschlne at mpodschl@med.umich.edu if you have not already done so.
For all other volunteers, please submit your vaccine information if you have not already done so, including a picture of your vaccine card, by clicking here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8rkqg6yUMJLuD8G. If you have been partially vaccinated (i.e., received only 1 dose in a 2 dose series), please wait to submit this form until you have received all vaccine doses.
If you are not able to submit your information through the survey, please let us know.
Once you submit the form, vaccine information will be reviewed within the next 7 business days. If your vaccine series is not authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the World Health Organization (WHO), you will not be considered fully vaccinated under U-M policy. To be considered fully vaccinated you must have received all doses of the vaccine at least 2 weeks ago.

Be a Hero volunteer sign-up (11/21/2021): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e4fa8ac2fa0fb6-beahero14
Be a Hero Load-in volunteer sign-up (11/20/2021): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e4fa8ac2fa0fb6-beahero13


Would you like to share your donation or transplant story? Email Megan Podschlne at mpodschl@med.umich.edu.


Can't make it to Be a Hero? Schedule a blood drive appointment between 10/27/2021 and 11/24/2021 to help us beat OSU in the annual Blood Battle competition! Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code "goblue" for a list of participating drives.