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Is there other places to donate blood besides the American Red Cross?

Is there another donor organization that you can donate blood at besides the American Red Cross? (NO rude answers, please)

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1. no sadly not, maybe ur local hospitall

2. blood services canada and hema quebec

3. yea people com to the schools to give blood

4. I live in GA and we have LifeSouth here which I give blood to on a regular basis. Check online to see if they have different blood donation places is your area.

5. i think you can go to the hospital to do that. or listen for any blood drives that may be going on in your area.

6. South Central L.A.

7. Im not sure, go to google and type in blood donators and that should help. I know there are a ton.

8. Well I don't know where you're from but I know where I live there is a place in the mall to donate blood, or you could just go to the hospital.

9. Bonfils is a big one, there are a few others, it depends on where you are at, the army has a blood bank for soldiers, im not sure you will have to look it up online, but bonfils is definitely a big one (at least here in colorado)

10. If you're in high school, they hold blood drives evry now and then. I don't know about any other place. I'm guessing the local clinic, but I'm not that sharp.

11. your local hospital

12. Different areas of the country have different companies. United Blood Services in my area and not Red Cross. The Red Cross would cover me and my family for one year when I donated. That is not the case now. Check with the local hospital for the organization or company that handles your area.

13. yes you can donate at the hospital or at some of the clinics try calling around to find out wich ones. when you go to the hospital you can donate blood for yourself as well where they have it on hand for you.

14. hospitals, blood banks, look it up in the yellow pages. I know of a mall that has a blood donor office.

15. Yes you can go to blood donation centers. We have one here in louisiana called lifeshare. Theres also a place called rex blood services. theyll take your blood and if you want to you can even sell your plasma. Depending on where you live some are the same company just a different name. You can go to the hospital. sometimes they even have little vans in front of stores like walmart where you can donate blood. Life share came to my university and asked people to donate also. So many different places.

16. I was donating blood for a while, I even got up to almost 2 gallons worth. I started noticing that every month my iron count was getting lower, giving blood just wasn't for me anymore. A friend told me about Plasma, which means I don't have to give whole blood and it can be done a couple times a week; the great thing about plasma is that you get paid, depending on how much you weigh. I don't go through the red cross anymore I started going to ZLB Plasma, the atmosphere is about the same as the Red Cross, the only catch is that you need to take a physical your first visit.