I think this is the closest.

Elena

this is the general term used by the Red Cross; see site below and quote: In the 50 years since the inception of its national civilian blood services program, the American Red Cross made several important contributions in the health care field, made major improvements to blood safety, and developed new blood products and technologies, helping to satisfy the changing health care needs of our country. In 1991, a comprehensive program was launched to modernize and standardize Red Cross blood collection, testing, processing and distribution systems. Today, the Red Cross receives nearly six million volunteer blood donations a year and serves over 3,000 hospitals nationwide. Patients undergoing surgery, accident victims, cancer patients, and hemophiliacs are among the many who receive life-saving blood provided by the Red Cross. In the United States, approximately every two seconds someone needs blood. Please find out how you can help.

American Red Cross Blood Services provides nearly half the nation's blood for transfusion and therapeutics. New testing procedures have contributed to the safety of the blood supply.

sounds like a salvation army sort of project, collections and drives and all that

This is pretty literal, but it covers the bases of the original Italian text. -- HTH, HC

i hpoe it will help