Roll Up Your Sleeve During the Season of Giving

By Chuck Gibson 

CINCINNATI, OH (December 16, 2020) – The local blood supply needs a boost during the holiday season. 

All kinds of donors needed including COVID recovered Convalescent Plasma donors (File)

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati is offering all blood donors a special gift in an effort to help boost the local blood supply ahead of the holidays.

Anyone who donates blood, platelets, or plasma at a Hoxworth donor center or blood drive between Dec. 13 and Dec. 31 will receive an email link within 72 hours for a $10 gift card. The gift card link will be redeemable at a number of national retailers, services, and restaurants.

Alecia Lipton, Director of Public Relations for Hoxworth Blood Centers says everyone is looking forward to end of 2020. 

“While the rest of us are celebrating the holidays, there will be patients in area hospitals in need of blood and platelets,” said Lipton. “It is an unfortunate reality that the need for blood never takes a holiday, which is why we are calling on the Cincinnati community to roll up a sleeve during this season of giving.” 

The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve tend to be difficult for blood banks across the country, even in non-pandemic times according to Lipton. 

“There is an ongoing urgent need for recovered COVID-19 patients to donate convalescent plasma,” Lipton added. 

Hoxworth continues to follow social distancing guidelines at donor centers and blood drives.  Masks are required per local guidelines. 

To schedule a donation, call (513) 451-0910 or visit www.hoxworth.org.  Appointments are encouraged at this time in order to maintain social distancing protocol.

About Hoxworth:

Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati was founded in 1938 and serves more than 30 hospitals in 18 counties in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeastern Indiana. Annually, Hoxworth collects more than 90,000 units of blood from local donors to help save the lives of patients in area hospitals. Hoxworth Blood Center: Saving Lives Close to Home.