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.
September 4-8: BONUS eGift Card for Donors
CRITICAL NEED! Massive use at local hospitals. Please donate blood September 4-8 and get BONUS eGift Card:
September AND October: Elly De La Cruz Shirt
Donate blood or platelets at any Hoxworth Neighborhood Donor Center or select mobile blood drive from Sepember 1 through October 31 and score this exclusive Elly De La Cruz shirt, while supplies last, as a thank-you for being a lifesaver. Join the mission and schedule a donation today! Together, we are saving lives close to home.
9/9 & 9/10 - Montgomery Inn Boathouse
We are wrapping up summer and the Cincinnati Favorites Blood Drive Tour with the ever-popular Montgomery Inn Boathouse Mobile Drive. Donors will receive a $10 Montgomery Inn gift card, a bottle of Montgomery Inn BBQ sauce, a boxed lunch from Montgomery Inn, a collectable Cincinnati Favorites cup, PLUS the September Elly De La Cruz shirt!
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.
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.
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
August 27, 2025
For the first time in Hoxworth’s history, an exclusive donor gift will run for two full months. From Sept. 1 through Oct. 31, everyone who donates whole blood or platelets at one of Hoxworth’s seven neighborhood centers or select mobile drives will receive a limited-edition Elly De La Cruz shirt (*while supplies last) as a thank-you for saving lives.
August 18, 2025
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, announces its 11th annual Golf Outing fundraiser, a charitable event raising vital funds to continue Hoxworth’s lifesaving mission in the Greater Cincinnati region.
August 4, 2025
Deneal Dannelly and Emily Sikora need help from donors to find a match for their own health needs. Hoxworth's apheresis division helps match these local patients with their life-saving donor.