Cincinnati needs you. Help Hoxworth Blood Center keep lifesaving blood available for local patients and hospitals. We especially need O-type blood and platelet donors. Your donation could help save lives close to home!
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.
Did You Know?
Every blood type has a unique lifesaving superpower. You may be asked to donate a specific product—like red cells, plasma, or platelets—to make the biggest impact.
Blood can’t be made in a lab—it only comes from donors like you.
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At Neighborhood Donor Centers and select mobile drives while supplies last.
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
September 18, 2026
September is dedicated to raising awareness of several serious diseases, including sickle cell disease and childhood cancer. For patients in Greater Cincinnati fighting these diseases, awareness is only part of the equation. They also need lifesaving blood products.
July 31, 2026
Daneal received a kidney transplant after being on the transplant list for several years.
July 30, 2026
As summer winds down, Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is asking the community to help replenish the local blood supply by making a lifesaving blood donation.