In addition to our donor centers, many blood drives are held in convenient locations and sponsored by local businesses or organizations.
Those with O Negative blood make up nine percent of the national population;
O Negative blood can be used in emergencies when a patient’s blood type has not been identified.
One in three people will need blood products during a lifetime.
Of those eligible to donate in the U.S., less than ten percent actually donate each year.
Life Saving Stories
Hero Blood Donors Help Save Boy’s Life
Jose Mitchell, age 5, was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after he was adopted by a special new family.
Now cancer-free, he used blood and platelets from our super hero donors during his two-year battle with the disease.
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Give Blood, Go “Hog Wild” This Fall
Arkansas Blood Institute is kicking off football season with this season’s new “Hog Wild” t-shirt, free for blood donors! These limited edition t-shirts will be available throughout the fall.
Anyone who is healthy and 16 years...// Read More
Arkansas Blood Institute Pioneers First-of-its-Kind Donor Recognition Program
LITTLE ROCK, Aug. 2, 2018 – Whether given or received, words of gratitude can be powerful.
To harness the power of a simple “thank you,” Arkansas Blood Institute has pioneered Thank-The-Donor™, the nation’s first...// Read More
Donors Needed After Houston-area High School Shooting
May 18, 2018 - Our thoughts and prayers are with Sante Fe, Texas, in the wake of Friday’s school shooting.
Arkansas Blood Institute has been asked to assist by sending O-negative blood units to blood centers in the Houston...// Read More