Community Blood Drives

Carter BloodCare is counting on the employees of H-E-B stores in Central Texas to help encourage blood donation this summer, amid an urgent need. It is the 18th Annual “H-E-B Challenge” blood drive when the grocery chain prioritizes blood donation awareness. Summer is the season when blood donors are traditionally harder to find. Since the pandemic, Carter BloodCare and blood programs nationwide, have suffered the worst blood shortage in decades. Blood donors of all blood types are needed now and new blood donors are encouraged to give it a try.

Mary Kay Global Headquarters is hosting a blood drive in Addison from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 15 at 16251 Dallas Parkway in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Stacy Gordon at stacy.gordon@mkcorp.com.

Several Fort Worth area McDonald's will offer the opportunity to donate blood and save lives.

McDonald's 28530 is hosting a blood drive from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at 2400 Alliance Gateway in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Rosa Chavez at (817) 337-9696.

McDonald's 33928 is hosting a blood drive from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at 12540 N. Beach Street in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Sergo Morales at (817) 741-1811.

McDonald's 14485 is hosting a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 3, at 4420 Western Center Blvd. in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Nora Rodriguez at (817) 847-5959.

McDonald's 32528 is hosting a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 3, at 3250 Heritage Trace Parkway in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mario Lopez at (817) 750-3250.

Commerce Rotary is hosting a community blood drive from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at the Commerce Public Service Building, 1103 Sycamore, in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Gene Lockhart at (903) 513-8676.

A Mineral Wells community blood drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, March 1, at Palo Pinto General Hospital, 400 SW 25th Avenue, and later that same day from 3 p.m to 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 108 NW 4th Avenue, in the family life center. For more information or to schedule an appointment time, contact Colleen Horan at (817) 343-1410.

Spa By Di Vine & Cryo Nation is hosting a drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, February 26, at 1124 W. Glade Road in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Shana Reents or Jordan Scott at (817) 673-2111.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest is hosting a drive from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, February 8, at 100 Hillcrest Medical Boulevard in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Dianelle Manalo at (254) 202-4805.

McLennan Community College is also hosting an upcoming community blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, February 11 at 1400 College Drive in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus. To receive more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Corey Stone at (254) 299-8465.

Blood is not easy to come by, especially this time of year and during a pandemic. However, hospitals continue to order blood products for their transfusion-dependent patients at all hours, when moments could mean the difference between life and death. Carter BloodCare reminds the community that even in the midst of a pandemic, it is still safe to donate blood and patients are counting on those donations. 

Blood is not easy to come by, especially this time of year and during a pandemic. However, hospitals continue to order blood products for their transfusion-dependent patients at all hours, when moments could mean the difference between life and death. Carter BloodCare reminds the community that even in the midst of a pandemic, it is still safe to donate blood and patients are counting on those donations.  

VFW Post of Lampasas is hosting a drive from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, January 11, at 481 N. Highway 183 inside the VFW Hall.

Best Buy is hosting a drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, December 26, at 422 W. Loop 281, in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus.