Donate Dec. 13-24 for a chance to win $250 Visa gift card. Winner drawn daily!
Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 Let Our Blood Institute (OBI) help with your holiday shopping! Donate blood and you could win $250!
Donate blood at any Our Blood Institute donor center or mobile blood drive, Dec.13 - 24 and receive a 2022 red Christmas ornament and be entered for a chance to win a $250 Visa gift card! One winner will be drawn dailyfrom all drives and locations.
All successful donors will also receive their choice of holidaythemed long-sleeved T-shirt. Choices include the “Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins” version, inspired by the classic Christmas movie “Elf”, or the festive “Be A Deer, Donate Blood” T-shirt.
OBI relies on 1,200 volunteer blood donors a day to meet the needs of patients at more than 160 hospitals and medical facilities as well as all air ambulances statewide. Anyone who is healthy and 16 years old* or older can give blood. Blood can be donated every 56 days. Platelets can be given as often as every seven days, up to 24 times a year.
Appointments to donate can be made online at obi.org or by calling 877-340-8777. Blood donation typically takes only about an hour, and one donation saves up to three lives.
*16-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission; 17-year-olds must weigh at least 125 pounds; individuals over the age of 18 must weigh at least 110 pounds. Photo ID required.