{"id":16998,"date":"2025-05-19T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/?p=16998"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T08:09:02","slug":"red-cross-vampire-cup-2025-a-win-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/red-cross-vampire-cup-2025-a-win-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross Vampire Cup 2025: A win for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>At the <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roteskreuz.at\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rotes Kreuz<\/a> _Vampire Cup 2025, students and supporters from universities all over Austria will be competing against each other until May 31, 2025 and giving their best, i.e. their blood. 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As a thank you for your commitment, you will also receive a cool goodie bag on site! &#x1f929;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"Wouldyouhaveknown%3F\"><\/a>Would you have known?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>WU has already won the Vampire Cup the last 3 years: 2022, 2023 &amp; 2024<\/li>\n<li>The first blood drive was organized at WU in 1985, since then a total of 192 drives have taken place<\/li>\n<li>Since the first campaign, a total of 12,581 donations have been collected, which is around 5,850 liters of blood<\/li>\n<li>WU Vienna is leading the Vampire Cup again this year with around 200 blood donations so far<\/li>\n<li>A unit of blood is needed every 90 seconds in Austria &#8211; compared to only 3.35% of Austrians who donate blood regularly. 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