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O- donors are known as universal donors. Since any patient can receive O- blood, it is often used in emergency situations to treat traumas and is considered the safest choice for newborns with compromised immune systems. Our community’s blood supply has reached critically low levels. Type O- donors are needed now.
By signing up to potentially participate in a research project with the LifeSouth Research Institute, blood donors and those who may be ineligible to donate can help patients in their community by contributing to research that could lead to breakthroughs in medical science.
Give blood at the Alachua County Youth Fair, Friday, February 28 through Tuesday, March 4.
The January 1 attack in New Orleans was a somber reminder that the need for blood does not take a holiday. It is the donors from yesterday that are the heroes today. As a blood donor, you help make sure blood is available when tragedy strikes, and donating blood helps guarantee our hospitals have the blood supply needed to help patients. Blood donors are needed now to maintain our community’s blood supply. The blood you donate with LifeSouth directly helps patients at local hospitals.
LifeSouth is a part of more than 20 community blood centers in a program called Blood Emergency Readiness Corps or BERC. This program allows community blood centers like LifeSouth to assist in times of crisis by providing blood.
Give blood with LifeSouth at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, GA.
Join LifeSouth at the 2024 Alachua County Youth Fair & Livestock Show and save lives in your community. Give local, save local. Give blood!
Donate blood with LifeSouth today to save local lives and nurture local minds.
Give blood at UF Health Jackonsville
