美国红十字会获逾704万美元捐赠：50台新采血设备、200万美元投向镰状细胞计划，另有85万美元支援台风灾区
华盛顿——美国红十字会10月5日宣布，收到耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints）一笔704.7万美元的捐赠，用于加强血液采集、扩大镰状细胞病患者支持工作并提升全美灾害响应能力。据 PR Newswire 10月5日发布的红十字会消息，除这笔捐赠外，该教会另行提供85万美元，支援红十字会今年4月超强台风「Sinlaku」之后的持续救灾行动。
捐赠中最大的一块投向红十字会血液服务，包括购置50台新的 Power Red 采血设备——合格献血者使用这种设备可在一次献血中捐出两单位红细胞，同时血浆和血小板会回输体内。另有200万美元投向红十字会的镰状细胞计划（Sickle Cell Initiative），该计划致力于增加与镰状细胞病患者高度匹配的血液供应。红十字会称，自该计划2021年启动以来，通过与社区伙伴合作，黑人或非裔年度献血者人数增加了89%以上，这些献血者所捐血液用于镰状细胞病患者的比例上升了91%。
美国红十字会总裁兼首席执行官克里夫·霍尔茨（Cliff Holtz）表示，该教会一个多世纪以来一直引领对红十字会使命的支持，红十字会对这份持续的合作与慷慨深表感谢。美国红十字会是依国会特许设立的非盈利人道组织（501(c)(3)），血液服务与灾害救助是其两大核心业务。（来源：美国红十字会2026年10月5日发布稿，经 PR Newswire 发布）
American Red Cross Receives $7.047 Million Gift for Blood Services and Disaster Relief, Plus $850,000 for Typhoon Response
WASHINGTON — The American Red Cross announced on Oct. 5 a $7.047 million contribution from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that will strengthen blood collection, expand work supporting people living with sickle cell disease and increase Red Cross disaster response capacity across the country, according to the organization's news release via PR Newswire. In addition, the Church is providing $850,000 to support the ongoing Red Cross disaster relief operation following Super Typhoon Sinlaku in April.
The largest portion of the gift supports Red Cross Blood Services through investments in medical equipment, including 50 new Power Red collection machines, which allow eligible donors to give two units of red blood cells during a single donation while their plasma and platelets are returned to them. The contribution also includes $2 million for the Red Cross Sickle Cell Initiative, which helps increase the availability of closely matched blood for people living with sickle cell disease. Since the initiative began in 2021, the Red Cross says it has worked with community partners to increase the number of annual donors who are Black or African American by more than 89%, while donations from those donors used to support people with sickle cell disease have risen 91%.
American Red Cross president and CEO Cliff Holtz said the Church has for more than a century led the way in helping the Red Cross deliver its mission, and expressed deep gratitude for the partnership. The American Red Cross is a congressionally chartered 501(c)(3) humanitarian organization; blood services and disaster relief are two of its core programs. (Source: American Red Cross news release, Oct. 5, 2026, via PR Newswire)
图片来源：美国红十字会献血宣传活动，CC BY 2.0（Wikimedia Commons，摄影：Dannel Malloy）
