Donate blood, Save lives | Memorial Blood Centers

Blood donors are needed

There's not enough

If you are healthy and well, please donate. Type O, Rh negative, and platelet donors especially needed.

REASON #119

Giving blood is an easy, practically painless way to save up to three lives in an hour.

COVID-19 and Blood Donation

Blood is a critical component of emergency preparedness because it’s perishable and the supply must be constantly replenished.

Local hospitals rely on volunteer blood donors to give regularly. It's an easy way to help save lives.

Sickle cell disease is hereditary, and those living with it often need frequent blood transfusions when complications occur.

Your generous blood donations in March translated to over 28,500 meals to families facing food insecurity in our communities!

Cookie Cart provides tasty treats in our Metro-area donor centers while supporting educational opportunities and job training to local teens.

Updated FDA guidelines have reduced some deferral periods and may allow some previously deferred donors to now be eligible.

Donor Day celebrations bring together a group of people to donate blood at a Memorial Blood Centers donor center.

Every 2 seconds someone needs blood. Based on your blood type and where the need is greatest, there are many ways to give.

When you partner with Memorial Blood Centers as a blood drive sponsor, you help save and sustain lives right here at home.

Save time and complete your health history questionnaire on the day of your donation from the privacy of your home or office.

Tell us about your donation experience! Please have your donation number available, located on the back of your Donor Care Guide.

38% of the U.S. population are eligible to give blood, yet only 7% do.