American Red Cross

I prefer coming to the Everett road location. Its clean. Everyone is nice and accommodating. Talk to you like a person. Explain everything. Everyone knows their stuff to get you in and get you out. If you go for a platelet donation be sure to plan and be prepare to hang out for 2 or more hours. Chairs are comfy, and warm. Watch movies, they have 2 drawers full of DVD’s. If you get cold like I do I’d recommend bringing mittens. You can bring your own blanket but they also have blankets for you to use. And as always stocked with snacks after your donation. My only rant would be the questions they have you go through before donating. My answers don’t change, but something to fast track that would be great. So if you want to donate blood this would be the place to go. Its always in the same place, convenient hours, and the snacks! :)

Donating at the Everett Road location is a convenient way to give blood. There’s plenty of parking. I’m pretty sure they’re open 7 days a week so you can schedule an appointment time and day that works best for you.
The staff here are always professional and very friendly.
Giving blood is one of the little things we can do to help others. It requires no more than a an hour of one’s time. It’s well worth the time and trouble.

This is a great blood donation center! They specialize in platelets and plasma, but also accept whole blood donations. For platelets and plasma, they have tvs set up and dvds you can watch, while you’re waiting for your donation to finish. Helpful, friendly staff, and a large, clean environment in a central location. Definitely recommend!

Platelet. Donation. Takes about three hours start to finish. Until you can’t move both arms for 2 hours, you’ll never realize how much your nose itches! Great staff, very caring, very professional.

I decided to donate blood for the first time after passing by here once. Since they are only open till 1:30pm I always had a hard time finding the time. I finally made it here and the lady at the front desk was really nice. The nurse however, I don’t think she smiled once. Don’t have a donor card or an appointment? No problem. I didn’t have to go through any extra steps.
The longest part of the whole thing was answering questions, which probably took 10– 15 minutes, and that also included testing my iron level, and blood pressure, etc. The initial act of giving the blood was really easy and only last about 7 minutes. She throughly cleaned the area before hand, and even had another nurse come over when she couldn’t find a good vein. She also asked if she could place my bag of blood on my seat as she finished up the paper work.
Snacks, and drinks were free, and they ask that you stay for 15mins and have a little something to make sure you’re okay.