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Share Your Love! Emergency Blood Shortage

Donate Feb. 11 – March 2 and receive a $10 gift card

By PLUS, Be Our Valentine Donate Feb. 14 For a BONUS $10 gift card February 9, 2024

Emergency Blood Shortage

Blood donors are urgently needed. Come to give blood this February and you’ll receive a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card* by email. Learn more »

Help Sickle Cell Patients

Blood donors who are Black play a critical role in helping sickle cell disease patients receive the most compatible blood match. Donors needed to meet this urgent need 


Complete your pre-reading and health history questions online using any device, before visiting your blood drive location.  Start Your RapidPass here:  https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/manage-my-donations/rapidpass.html


You may still donate blood, platelets or plasma after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Knowing the name of the manufacturer of the vaccine is important in determining your blood donation eligibility. To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and blood donation, click here »

Make Donating Blood and Platelets Easy.

The FREE Blood Donor app puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. Find nearby Red Cross blood drives, schedule and manage appointments, complete your RapidPass®, get notified when your blood is on its way to a patient, view results from your mini-physical, and more.

 

Or text: "BLOODAPP" to 80880