Best place for donating blood!! Great friendly staff, comfortable reclining chairs during the draw. Clean facility, Michelle was excellent, she explained everything and got my vein quickly and pain free! ( little pinch) in and out in 45 minutes total, about 10 minutes of actual blood donation!! Nice treats and water for post draw snack!!! read more

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Donated blood a few weeks back and this is a great place to get it done. Plenty of parking, staff was knowledgeable and friendly, had some banging tunes playing and gave me a free pair of grinch socks when I was done. All around great place for a controlled bleed. read more

My 2nd time coming here - always very clean & organized! The donation office is on the 3rd floor. I recommend downloading the app to complete the rapid pass to save you time. read more

Always knew RED CROSS was money hungry people had paid $107. for a CPR class clearly forgot going through a lot I went Saturday morning I miss the class last week! Joy was so rude it was like she only seen $$$$$$$ That's why I never donate to them I stepped out of the room to check my phone not bothering any one She had the nerve to bring my personal belongs in the hall to me. She had no business touching my belongings She was so greedy getting me out of her class. Not I'm sorry you forgot I only deal with this agency every 2 yrs and that's it. Always seen by other people's and their experiences Red Cross are money hungry. yes Had to repay the $107 then, they will refund me my first $107 no one ever asked well can you afford another $107? read more

Covid pretesting temp & check in downstairs, chairs set up 3 feet apart with disinfecting station after taking oral temps. Bring your own mask & they'll provide gloves. MUST ADVISE: make sure you do your rapid test prior arriving so that it's fast pass to donation, a 50 question survey. It wasn't noted in the emails I got which were only reminders & got stuck in my car for service while there was a surprise hail storm. So just google Rapid Test AMR prior! Once in, they do a finger prick for iron must be within normal in order to continue Fancy state of the art machine that rocks your blood & times all stages for ensured infection control! Super loveeee. Phleb said they started using these this year & they love it. I made a bloody murder mess because my veins were poppin! Haha Buttt my phleb did a great stick, easy fast painless removal & pressure dressing added. Great team, smooth flow (minus the rapid test). Would love to donate again here & hope you will all to0o! read more

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First of all, did you know that 1 blood donation can help save the lives of up to 3 people? This was my 9th donation (that's possibly 27 lives!!) so I'm a bit experienced in the blood donation process and this was my best experience ever! I made an appointment for Saturday morning so finding the entrance was a bit confusing since everything is locked up on the weekend and you have to ring the Blood Donation doorbell at the side door in order for someone to come let you in. After that it was a breeze. I was the only one there at the time. I read the packet and was put in a room for the finger prick for iron levels, blood pressure reading (mine was 98/64...is that too low?!?!), and pulse. My iron was only 12.4 and it has to be 12.5 so I learned a trick.... before you get your finger pricked, rub your hands together and warm them up. 2nd try was 13.6... if I had done that first I wouldn't have had to have both my middle fingers on the DL. Now for the important part. I got to sit up in a comfy lounge chair in front of this huge stained glass window with my arm up on a soft fleece blanket (usually you are lying down on a somewhat hard surface in like a Moose Lodge or something). The needle was painless. They gave me a football shaped stress toy to squeeze to get my blood flowing (sometimes you just get a cut up plastic pipe to roll around). I was done in 7 minutes! This is a world record for me since I am typically a slow bleeder. So yeah big shout out to Belinda (Belinda has a life!) for doing an awesome job with that! Then my favey part: Snacking up and stuffing my face with those Keebler Jumbo Fudge Sticks and pretzels. yeaaaah I think I will make all my donation appointments here in the future. I believe they are open Tuesdays and every 1st and 3rd Saturday for blood donations. I encourage anyone eligible to donate at a drive near you (especially if you have that premium O- blood like me! Universal donor baby....) Get on it. Do some good. Save a life! read more

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I'll try somewhere else to donate. Their literature says that the need is urgent but the staff here just seem oblivious. Two examples: earlier this summer I pulled in for my appointment. "Sorry! The AC went out and we're closed for the day." They texted me about the cancellation only 5 minutes before my appointment --- when I was driving to the location. Then, more recently, I decide that the dissrespect was an accident and made another appointment. I go to the hallway outside the collection room where there is a sign in ALL CAPS instructing donors to "Please remain seated in the hallway. A staff member will walk you inside. Thank you." I'm not one to break the rules, especially in a pandemic. So I waited. And waited. And no one came to get me. No one even acknowledged that I was waiting. 30 minutes after my appointment, I left. More time wasted due to the Red Cross. read more

This is the best area blood bank because their employees treat donors with respect. They are very polite. And they don't harass you on the telephone every eight weeks to donate like other blood banks frequently do. I have donated with the Red Cross a few times without incident and plan on donating with them in the future. read more