Double Points for Heroes Oct 14-20!

Redeem your points for eGift cards and our October "Blood Donors Save Lives" hero shirt!

Platelet & Red Cell donors get 40 reward pts = $40 eGift card
Whole Blood donors get 20 reward pts = $20 eGift card

Don't forget: PDC points expire 12/31/2024, so schedule TODAY and make the most of your rewards! Learn how to redeem your Premier Donor Club points for e-gift cards.

OCTOBER & NOVEMBER: PUCKS FOR PLATELETS

Donate platelets three or more times in October and November, and get an invitation for you and a guest to the Cyclones Insider experience & game on December 17th. Learn more!

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Hoxworth Blood Center

Hoxworth Blood Center, an internationally-recognized leader in transfusion medicine, was founded in 1938 and is currently the oldest operating blood bank in the country. Hoxworth serves more than 30 area hospitals and medical centers and collects more than 100,000 units of blood products to help save the lives of patients in area hospitals.

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Saving Lives

Hoxworth Blood Center serves over 30 hospitals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, providing blood and service to the entire region while remaining self-sufficient and financially sound.

TRANSDISCIPLINARY TEACHING & RESEARCH

As a division of the University of Cincinnati as well as a trusted partner of University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Hoxworth promotes and supports research to help save lives.

TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

Hoxworth’s patient services division improves the health of individuals through services such as Therapeutic Apheresis, Red Blood Cell Exchange and Photopheresis

I am so thankful that there are amazing, selfless, lifesaving heroes out there that are willing to donate their blood. Without these donations, I wouldn’t be here to celebrate life’s many tiny miracles.

Heather Bennett Blood Recipient

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blood & platelet donors needed every day

lives that can be saved with every whole blood donation

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Hoxworth News

Hoxworth honors community heroes

September 26, 2024

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is encouraging the Greater Cincinnati community to roll up their sleeves and save lives this October. In recognition of National Heroes Day on Oct. 8 and the generosity from community donors, all blood and platelet donors who give at any Hoxworth Neighborhood Donor Center or select mobile blood drives during the month of October will receive an exclusive, limited-edition long sleeve hooded shirt featuring the powerful message, Blood Donors Save Lives, while supplies last.

Hoxworth Blood Center launches Pucks for Platelets to celebrate...

September 26, 2024

Hoxworth Blood Center is partnering with the Cincinnati Cyclones to honor Cincinnati’s most dedicated platelet donors with an exclusive experience called Pucks for Platelets. The initiative aims to recognize and celebrate the lifesaving contributions of platelet donors, who help to ensure the survival of patients battling cancer, trauma and other life-threatening conditions in local hospitals.

Hoxworth Blood Center’s cellular therapy teams advance...

September 16, 2024

Since 2017, Hoxworth Blood Center has collaborated with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center on a groundbreaking initiative to deliver viral-specific T-cells (VSTs) to vulnerable patients. VSTs are specially programmed immune cells designed to target and combat specific viruses. They offer a critical lifeline for patients recovering from bone marrow transplants, whose immune systems are often too weak to fight off infections independently.

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