Help Music Saves Lives and receive VIP pass for Warped Tour

MUSIC SAVES LIVES, is teaming up with the world famous Vans Warped Tour to rally thousands of concert goers to donate blood and sign up for the national marrow registry program. MUSIC SAVES LIVES blood drives are running a few weeks and days before the Vans Warped Tour and every participant who donates blood receives a one-day VIP backstage access pass in addition to the opportunity to save someone's life.

Last year, more than 29,000 people participated in the MUSIC SAVES LIVES annual blood drives connected to the Vans Warped Tour dates. The American Red Cross honored Music Saves Lives and the Vans Warped Tour with an award for the blood drive promotion of 2007. Now with a goal of 40,000 donations, this year it will top last years record breaking success.

MUSIC SAVES LIVES seeks an ultimate goal of raising over 40,000 units of blood this summer in the USA. Every summer the blood supply across the nation drops to critical levels, primarily due to the fact that almost 30% of the blood supply comes from college and high schools. During the summer, when school is not in session, many areas in the nation suffer from a low blood supply. A low blood supply can result in postponed surgeries, and can be life threatening in critical trauma situations and to cancer patients after treatments. The American Red Cross and many other blood banks are participating in hope to encourage young blood donors to save as many as three lives by donating just one pint of blood.

Music Saves Lives and its partner DKMS has recently reached a milestone by registering over 12,000 for the marrow program. 95% of those registered are under 25 and introducing the National Marrow Registry with young, healthy potential life saving donors. MUSIC SAVES LIVES will be reaching out to concertgoers each day of the tour, and ultimately strives to register 7000 new marrow donors. Registration only takes about 10 minutes using a simple and painless cheek swab, used for type matching of possible donors with leukemia patients waiting to be saved. All donors who register with DKMS will become part of the National Marrow Donor Program.

For information on MUSIC SAVES LIVES, please visit www.musicsaveslives.org. For Vans Warped Tour dates, check out www.warpedtour.com