Although all blood types are needed,
those with O Negative type blood are especially encouraged to donate.
Blood donors give more than a quarter-of-a-million units of blood annually to provide a safe and adequate blood supply.
People who feel well and can do normal day-to-day activities can probably donate.
People can give blood every 56 days.
Life Saving Stories
Community Partner Helps Save Thousands of Lives
About 1,400 Airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base signed up to participate in a blood drive at the Wichita Falls base back in August. Texas Blood Institute collected more than 1,000 units of blood, which equates to more than 3,000 lives saved!
The blood drive invited both instructors and students to volunteer to donate blood.
“We appreciate the continued support from Sheppard Air Force Base in their commitment to their community blood supply.
Pictured Above: Airman Basic Marvin Satele, 361st Training Squadron student, gives blood at the Airman in Training Blood Drive at Airman’s Club at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. T. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Vernon Cunningham)
Media Releases
National Blood Donor Month
January 1, 2012 - Texas Blood Institute (TBI) volunteer blood donors save lives. We all know it, but how often are we affected by it? Thousands of people in our state are alive today because blood donors helped them survive...// Read More
Help save the life of someone in our community hospitals!
November 1, 2011 ─ Texas Blood Institute (TBI) encourages you to donate blood to save the lives of those in our community hospitals. Each blood donor will also receive a donor T-shirt, free health screening, and Donor Rewards...// Read More
Contributions Will Bring Bloodmobile To Texas
Thanks to the generosity of the Priddy Foundation and the Bryant Edwards Foundation, Texas Blood Institute will soon have a new bloodmobile.
Both foundations are based in Wichita Falls, TX, and support initiatives in human...// Read More