The girls here are the absolute best! Ever since my first visit I am now greeted by name and…read morewelcomed back from the entire staff here. Daisy and the rest of the girls are friendly and efficient at what they do. As an added bonus, they send me home with a stylish badge of honor and snacks to go! I will continue to make my donations at this outstanding location even though I pass two others on my way here.

Assume first experience! Very professional and caring!…read moreJosheline knows her profession and * experienced no issues while in her care! Thank you!

Well I am here to donate platelets for the third time today. The facilities here are very clean and…read morethere is some pretty art outside. Everyone here is also very nice. There is plenty of parking and they even have their own street, appropriately named Hope Drive. There is also valet parking that is free for first time patients. However, all of that is changing on 9/1/20 because they will be doing construction for 2 years to build a parking garage. I recommend looking on their website for updates. Since we are living the covid life these days there are no visitors allowed to the patients. All donors must pass the water fountain and the white valet tents and go just in the door to get questioned about covid. When I came a couple times my iron was too low. I recommend anyone donating to eat healthy meals and ladies, maybe avoid it on the days of your period. The first time I was rejected I had just finished my period. So, when I donate I ask for an orange card first just to check my iron before I have to fill out the much longer blue card. My moms friend's life was saved here many years ago and, although they weren't able to save my loved one's life recently, they tried their best and I do think they prolonged her life. The most touching thing I have seen here is that many nurses and other employees are donating their own blood and platelets to their patients. Five nurses donated to my loved one and that is so touching! So, this place lives up to its name. It really is a place of hope.

I never knew I could donate platelets until I came here. I was just donating whole blood, but the…read moreemployees just looked at my arm and said my vein was good! So fast forward a couple weeks and now I have the experience of donating whole blood and platelets through City of Hope. The process is similar at check in but the machines and donation duration times are different. Do some research and see what you're able to do and what fits your schedule. From City of Hope's website: "Because of the seriousness of the cases treated at City of Hope, our patients need more blood and platelets than patients at any other major medical center surveyed in Southern California." City of Hope uses approximately 37,000 units of whole blood and platelets a year so you can imagine the demand for donors. I like donating directly to facilities so they can save some money from buying stock from third parties. On the first floor you can look through the window and see what's in stock for the whole facility to use, it's always very serious to see how low stocks are. Platelets are in high demand due to patients' needs and to their shorter shelf life. City of Hope is very appreciative to their donors: designated parking just for donors, fast processing for both walk-ins and appointments, warm blankets and heat packs, personal TVs and headphones, the best snacks, seasonal raffles, and small gifts (T-shirts, In-n-out and Starbucks giftcards, Baskin Robbins pint, Regal movie ticket). Staff and volunteers are excellent in care and make you feel comfortable, very important if it's your first or hundredth time. If you're thinking of donating serious consider coming to City of Hope's Blood Donor Center, one of the best gifts a patient here can receive for the upcoming holidays!

I have donated at Livestream Blood Bank consistently for the past two years without a single issue,…read morewhich makes this experience even more troubling. During my most recent visit, I was having casual conversation with a staff member while going through the screening process. I mentioned that I served in the military and that while deployed overseas, we were briefed on certain diseases present in different regions. I referenced one illness that required quarantine if contracted -- something we were told as part of standard military health briefings. It was clearly general information from my time in service, not a personal medical disclosure. Despite clarifying multiple times that I do not have any illness and was simply recounting a military briefing, the staff member treated my comment as if I were admitting to having a disqualifying condition. I was then denied the opportunity to donate and ultimately had a permanent block placed on my account. When I requested to speak with someone in a supervisory role, I did not receive a clear explanation for the decision. No one could articulate how a general story about military health briefings resulted in such a severe action -- especially given my two-year history of successful donations both at this location and at other centers. What makes this situation particularly concerning is that I left feeling profiled rather than evaluated based on facts. I cannot ignore the possibility that unconscious bias may have played a role in how my comments were interpreted and escalated. After two years as a compliant donor, the sudden shift in treatment without clear reasoning raises serious questions. Donors deserve consistent standards, clear communication, and professionalism. Instead, I experienced embarrassment, inconvenience, and what felt like discriminatory treatment. I sincerely hope this organization reviews how situations like this are handled so that other donors do not have a similar experience. -- Michael

My husband and I both went and donated, and which we've done before with Red Cross. He went first…read moreand at one point I looked over and saw the bag seemed to be hanging from his arm where it was inserted, but there were other tubes so I wasn't quite sure what I was looking at, and I also didn't imagine they'd be THAT incompetent, so I didn't say anything. Regret! Afterwards, he told me it had hurt the whole time (not like usual) and, as you can see, it left a nasty bruise (not usual for him). On the other hand, the people were super nice and it's a nonprofit...

The staff at this location is top notch. The place is clean, they are fast and thorough. Bernadette…read moreis so sweet, patient, professional and helpful. She has great energy and it's always nice to start my day giving blood when she is there. See you in 56 days.

Griselda took my blood yesterday....and I'm looking forward to it again September 30. She made it…read moreabout as pleasant as it could be given the damn needle looked like a harpoon! I'm a big chicken when it comes to needles....and I almost walked out when I saw how thick that thing was...but all in all...everyone there kept me at ease...I didnt pass out or get dizzy....they had plenty of cookies and refreshments which made the whole experience delightful. Griselda gave great information before and after the blood donation like, no working out for 24 hours, no alcohol consumption for 24... hours etc.....tbh I drank 8 margaritas about 2 hours later and felt fine....still good info...September 30th! Here i come!

Tried to give blood today and left in a lot of pain with no donation completed. I arrived and there…read morewere two women- one in scrubs one not. The woman not in scrubs began my blood draw process while the woman in scrubs went to the restroom. She inserted the needle- did not tell me that she was going to insert, no "take a big breath in", "you'll feel a slight prick", etc. She inserted the needle and did not hit a vein, she proceeded to move the needle around in my arm which caused a lot of discomfort. I winced multiple times. The woman in scrubs came out of the restroom and the other woman immediately asked her to reposition the needle that was in my arm. She then continues to move the needle around in my arm until it hits something VERY painful. I yelped and she then said she would take it out. She was in the middle of pulling out the needle, I'm wincing and expressing extreme discomfort, and the girl not in scrubs asks me to confirm my date of birth. I understand needing the information but it did not feel like an appropriate time. The vein in my right elbow is positioned sideways and the woman in scrubs said she did not feel comfortable continuing. I have never had problems with blood draws in my right/sideways vein so that in addition to the unsuccessful left arm draw made me feel that they were both in need of training by an appropriate source. It felt that the woman in scrubs was the lead phlebotomist of the two but with the mistakes and nerves presented in both, additional training is needed so this does not happened to anyone else. I will not be returning to donate blood at this location.

The last time I was here a few weeks ago, the experience was quite wonderful. Both parties working…read morethere were very professional and my donation was over in record time. I was here several months ago, and (it happened again when I recently visited) the laptop kicked me out when I got to a certain part of the questionnaire. Instead of just signing me back in, the woman seemed impatient, and without saying anything, proceeded to fill it in for me, asking me the questions. I thought that was condescending. Also, both employees were engaged in conversation with each other while I was there. I'm glad my experience this time was better, as I'd considered not donating there again, even if it was the closest location to me.