We are grateful for the thousands of Americans nationwide who donate blood to help ensure a sustained and secure blood supply.

Please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543) to make an appointment.

Together with the Red Cross, these blood heroes are ensuring that the safest possible blood is readily available whenever and wherever needed - for the military, for other blood centers in America and for all 5,000 of America's hospitals.

We all expect blood to be there for us, but barely a fraction of those who can give do. Yet sooner or later, virtually all of us will face a time of great vulnerability in which we will need blood. And that time is all too often unexpected.

From its beginning, the American Red Cross has formed a community of service, of generous, strong and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The honor, spirit and resources of the American people comes forth with neighbors helping neighbors in need - during earthquakes, floods, fires, storms - and also for the deeply personal and often quiet disasters that require a gift of blood.

• To learn more about blood donation opportunities, read stories about the gift of life, play games and much more, visit www.givelife.org.
  
• Want to know more about what to expect when giving blood? View our online presentation.
  

To make an appointment call
1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543)