General Requirements
Before you donate:
- Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water
- Get adequate rest
- Eat a hearty meal
- Include iron-rich foods in your diet
- Know the countries where you’ve traveled and when you visited them
- Know your medical conditions
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At the time of donation, you must:
- Be in good health
- Be 16 years of age* or older
- Weigh at least 110 pounds**
- Have photo identification with birth date
*16-17 year olds can donate by following this process:
1) Read the Parental Consent Information
2) Complete the Parent/Legal Guardian Consent Form
Ask for weight/height restrictions.
**Additional height/weight requirements apply for female donors 16-18 years old.
Females who are: | 4′ 10″ | 4′ 11″ | 5′ 0″ | 5′ 1″ | 5′ 2″ | 5′ 3″ | 5′ 4″ | 5′ 5″ |
Must weight at least (lb) | 146 | 142 | 138 | 133 | 129 | 124 | 120 | 115 |
We are honored to acknowledge and thank our long-time blood donors whose many pints of blood and platelets have given countless accident victims, cancer patients and critically ill people in our community a new lease on life.