Donation appointments critical to keeping blood supply ready

LIVERPOOL, July 7, 2025 — The American Red Cross urges all donors to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply strong this summer. Type O blood products are most needed on hospital shelves – especially in the face of summer challenges that can quickly cause blood and platelet reserves to drop.  

In addition to summer fun and holidays, severe summer weather can have a sudden impact on the ability to collect blood and platelets. Scheduling and keeping donation appointments are crucial this month to ensure blood products are constantly available in the weeks to come for all patients, including those in trauma situations that may require several lifesaving transfusions. 

All blood types are needed, and donors who don’t know their blood type can learn it after donation. Book a time to give blood or platelets by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App.  

As a thank-you, all who come to give by July 14, 2025, will receive an exclusive pair of Red Cross x goodr sunglasses, while supplies last. Donors can personalize their one-of-a-kind shades with a blood type sticker that’s included! For details, visit RedCrossBlood.org/goodr.

 

For those who come to give July 15-31, 2025, the Red Cross will say thanks with a Fandango Movie Reward by email. Use it to catch a summer blockbuster on the Red Cross! See RedCrossBlood.org/July.

 

Upcoming blood donation opportunities July 7-31

 

Herkimer

 

Herkimer

7/17/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Herkimer Veterans of Foreign Wars, 131 Mohawk Street

 

Ilion

7/16/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Ilion, 90 Morgan Street

 

Little Falls

7/10/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Little Falls Elks Lodge, 2 W Gansevoort St

 

Mohawk

7/8/2025: 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Mohawk American Legion-Post 25, 43 West Main Street

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Madison

 

Canastota

7/8/2025: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., St Agatha’s Church, 329 N. Peterboro St

 

Cazenovia

7/10/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Cazenovia American Legion, 26 Chenango St

7/24/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Cazenovia American Legion, 26 Chenango St

7/26/2025: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., The Rippleton Center, 3360 Thompson Rd

 

Chittenango

7/10/2025: 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., Sullivan Free Library, 101 Falls Blvd

 

De Ruyter

7/11/2025: 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., American Legion, Seminary Street

 

Morrisville

7/18/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Morrisville Community Church, 3824 Swamp Rd.

 

Munnsville

7/11/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Munnsville Fire Department, 5210 S Main St

 

Oneida

7/11/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., St Paul’s United Methodist Church, 551 Sayles St.

7/25/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., St Paul’s United Methodist Church, 551 Sayles St.

7/31/2025: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Oneida YMCA, 701 Seneca St.

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Oneida

 

Barneveld

7/25/2025: 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Town of Trenton Municipal Center, 8520 Old Poland Rd

 

Clinton

7/12/2025: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Clinton United Methodist Church, 105 Utica Road

 

Oriskany Falls

7/23/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Town of Augusta, 2470 N Rd

 

Rome

7/11/2025: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Rome VFW Post 2246, 315 N Washington St

7/23/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Jervis Public Library, 613 N Washington St

7/25/2025: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Rome VFW Post 2246, 315 N Washington St

7/28/2025: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Rome Health, 1500 North James Street

 

Sauquoit

7/29/2025: 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Sauquoit Valley High School, 2601 Oneida Street

 

Sherrill

7/8/2025: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post 230 Sherrill, 168 E. Seneca St.

 

Utica

7/18/2025: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wynn Hospital, 111 Hospital Dr

 

Vernon

7/30/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Town of Vernon, 4305 Peterboro Rd

 

Whitesboro

7/18/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Dunham Public Library, 76 Main St

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Onondaga

 

Baldwinsville

7/17/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Baldwinsville Public Library, 33 East Genesee Street

 

Camillus

7/7/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., St Michaels Lutheran Church, 5108 West Genesee Street

7/22/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Elks Lodge, 6117 Newport Rd

 

Cicero

7/15/2025: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Driver’s Village- Assemblyman Al Stirpe, 5885 East Circle Drive

7/15/2025: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m., Driver’s Village- Assemblyman Al Stirpe, 5885 East Circle Drive

 

East Syracuse

7/7/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., East Syracuse Free Library, 4990 James St.

7/24/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., EAVES Ambulance, 6232 Fly Rd

7/31/2025: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Kinney Drugs-KPH Health Care Services, 6333 Route 298, Suite 305

 

Fayetteville

7/9/2025: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Northeast Medical Center, 4000 Medical Center Drive, (off Burdick)

7/14/2025: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Northeast Medical Center, 4000 Medical Center Drive, (off Burdick)

7/21/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Fayetteville Free Library, 300 Orchard St

7/22/2025: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Northeast Medical Center, 4000 Medical Center Drive, (off Burdick)

 

La Fayette

7/22/2025: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., Pompey Community Church, 2555 Berwyn Road

 

Liverpool

7/14/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., DAVIS ULMER, 7633 Edgecomb Drive

Manlius

7/26/2025: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Manlius Village Center, One Arkie Albanese Ave.

 

Marcellus

7/18/2025: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Marcellus Free Library, 32 Maple Street

 

North Syracuse

7/7/2025: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., NAVAC, 603 N Main St

7/30/2025: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., NAVAC, 603 N Main St

Skaneateles

7/19/2025: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Valentine Myer Post 317, 4572 Jordan Rd

Syracuse

7/8/2025: 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Suburban Propane, 5793 Widewaters Parkway

7/11/2025: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Howlett Hill Fire Dept, 3384 Howlett Hill

7/12/2025: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., Dewitt Community Church, 3600 Erie Blvd. East

7/16/2025: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Le Moyne College, 1419 Saltsprings Rd.

7/16/2025: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., SU Schine Student Center, Waverly Ave.

7/16/2025: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Senator John H Hughes State Office Building, 333 E Washington St

7/17/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Marriott Syracuse Downtown, 100 E Onondaga St

7/17/2025: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m., Dewitt Community Church, 3600 Erie Blvd. East

7/19/2025: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., 315 Beauty Bar, 720 Van Rensselaer St

7/19/2025: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Destiny USA, 1 Destiny USA Dr

7/21/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., SUNY, Upstate University Hospital, Community Campus, Broad Road

7/24/2025: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Salt City Market, 484 S SALINA ST

7/25/2025: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Howlett Hill Fire Dept, 3384 Howlett Hill

7/25/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., St. Joseph’s Hospital – 201 Prospect Building, 201 Prospect Ave

7/29/2025: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., PEACE Inc -Viola G Chisholm Eastside Family Resource Center, 202 S Beech St

7/30/2025: 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., NY State Department of Environmental Conservation- Region 7, Syracuse, 5786 Widewaters Parkway

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Oswego

 

Central Square

7/18/2025: 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., Central Square Baptist Church, 701 N. Main St.

7/29/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., American Legion Post 915, 3301 Fulton Avenue

 

Cleveland

7/22/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Bethel Community Fellowship, 240 NY RT 49, Cleveland NY

 

Constantia

7/9/2025: 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Constantia VFW, 1560 NYS Route 49

 

Fulton

7/25/2025: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Fulton reformed presbyterian church, 207 S. 1st. St.

 

Hannibal

7/10/2025: 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Hannibal Fire Department, 155 OSWEGO ST

7/24/2025: 8:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m., Hannibal High School, 928 Cayuga Street

 

Oswego

7/16/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Oswego Elks Lodge 271, 132 W 5th St

7/29/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., State University of New York Oswego, 142 Campus Center Drive, Campus Center

7/30/2025: 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Sadie Wilson IHO, Oswego Elks Lodge, 132 W. 5th St.

7/31/2025: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Oswego Hospital, 110 West Sixth St

 

Pulaski

7/11/2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Sandy Pond Sportsman Association, 3201 County Rt 15

7/12/2025: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Brennans Beach RV Resort, 80 Brennan’s Beach RD

7/22/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Pulaski Wesleyan Church, 4591 US Rt11

 

Sandy Creek

7/14/2025: 12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Sandy Creek United Methodist Church, 2031 Harwood Dr

 

West Monroe

7/28/2025: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., Life Church, 2363 NY RT 49

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How to donate blood

Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.

Blood and platelet donors can save time at their next donation by using RapidPass® to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online, on the day of their donation, before arriving at the blood drive. To get started, follow the instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or use the Blood Donor App.

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or follow us on social media.