Our Blood Services Unit is responsible for about 115 bloodmobiles per year. To see a list of this years bloodmobiles, use the link at the bottom of this page. Imagine your father has just suffered a heart attack and must undergo openheart surgery in order to repair the damage. Imagine your best friends daughter has just been diagnosed with leukemia, a disease requiring regular transfusions of platelets. They're not a remote as you may believe.
Blood can help restore an individual's health or save a life in an emergency situation.
The American Red Cross relies on volunteer donors in the community to ensure that there is enough blood available to meet every hospitals demand. Because of these dedicated donors, the community never has to worry where the blood will come from during a time of dire need. Many families will need blood at some point in time. It is the volunteer donor who makes sure that vital blood is there when it is needed. In an effort to meet the total blood needs of the 41 hospitals served by the American Red Cross' Northeastern Pennsylvania Region and its 27 local chapters, more than 325 units of blood must be collected each day.