To meet the daily demand for blood, BloodSource must collect an average of 700 units of blood a day. Half the blood supply comes from donors who visit our community donor centers. Half comes from donors who sign up for mobile blood drives sponsored by their local community, place of worship or employer.

As a volunteer blood donor, you can choose the type of donation you want to give. All types of blood donation are very important. To find out what type of donation is most needed at this time, please call 1-866-82 BLOOD.

Whole blood donations allow you to help as many as three patients with different needs with just one donation. Whole blood donation takes about an hour of your time. Actual blood donation takes about 5-7 minutes.

Hemapheresis donations allow you to give a concentrated amount of just one component of the blood: platelets, plasma or red blood cells. Hemapheresis donation takes from one to two hours of your time.

Autologous donations allow you to donate blood for your own use in advance of a surgery where significant blood loss is anticipated. Started in 1974, this program was one of the first in the country.