As summer continues, the need for blood and platelet donations grows. Vacations, busy schedules, and seasonal activities often lead to fewer donations, while local hospitals continue to rely on lifesaving blood products every day. If you're an O positive, O negative, or platelet donor, your donation can help ensure patients receive the care they need all summer long.
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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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
June 29, 2026
Hoxworth Blood Center, the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Reds are helping local patients this summer through a unique donor thank-you gift and a specialty blood drive at Great American Ball Park.
June 17, 2026
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, are partnering to host a blood drive during the Freedom Center's Juneteenth Jubilee celebration on Friday, June 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Cincinnati.
May 28, 2026
This June, Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, is kicking off summer blood donation efforts with a limited-edition USA-themed donor jersey, the return of the popular Cincinnati Favorites blood drives and several community blood drives across Northern Kentucky.