Throughout 2024, we’re featuring each of our donor centers and what makes them unique. In March, we’re featuring our Allen Donor Center. Nestled in the diverse suburbs of Northern Dallas is the community of Allen, which has a donor center fitting for its demographics. According to Site Supervisor Shirley Jones, staff members at the Allen Donor Center speak multiple languages – including Samoan, Bengali, Hindi and Korean, among others – to accommodate a diverse donor base. The staff also warmly accommodates donors who may be running late for their appointments or donors who show up at closing ..read more

Throughout 2024, we’re featuring each of our donor centers and what makes them unique. In March, we’re featuring our Hulen Donor Center. The Hulen Donor Center is tailored to fit the community it serves. In the middle of densely populated South Fort Worth, this donor center has nine beds to support a loyal donor base who inspire festivity, a sense of community and a responsibility to take care of one another. Most donor centers have something unique about them, and Hulen is no exception. Though most places might pack up the Christmas tree in January, the Hulen Donor Center leaves its Christmas ..read more

Kathleen Brogan of Greenville shares how blood donation has affected her family: “I started donating in my teenage years and tried to donate on a somewhat regular basis, since I’m considered a universal donor: O negative and CMV negative. Donating blood brought on a whole new meaning after my newborn seventh grandchild had to receive two lifesaving blood transfusions before the age of 2 months old. My grandson has an identical twin brother. Twin-to-twin transfusion was taking place; inside the womb, my seventh grandchild was the ‘donor’ and pumping most of his blood to his twin brother. Both b ..read more

Throughout 2024, we’re featuring each of our donor centers and what makes them unique. In February, we’re featuring our Mansfield Donor Center. Each Carter BloodCare donor center has its own unique donors and stories. One thing that is typical, however, is the level of care and dedication of the staff at each center. Evonda Roddy, site supervisor of the Mansfield Donor Center, puts that eloquently. “We provide our donors with more than just excellent customer service,” Roddy said. “We strive to make donors feel like family. We let them know how much we appreciate them.” Perhaps the best exampl ..read more

Throughout 2024, we’re featuring each of our donor centers and what makes them unique. In February, we’re featuring our Flower Mound Donor Center. At the corner of Flower Mound Road and Long Prairie Road, Carter BloodCare’s Flower Mound Donor Center is home to a welcoming staff that serves a large community of loyal donors. According to site coordinator Tina Johnson, the thing that makes Flower Mound such a successful donor center is a diverse staff that is always friendly and welcoming to their amazing donors. The welcoming staff motivates donors to come back, as evidenced by the nearly 10,00 ..read more

In this personal story, longtime Carter BloodCare donor Susan Turner of Carrollton shares how the importance of blood donation struck home for her family: “I have given 10 gallons over the years. I give and make my appointment on the same day. I am O negative, one always asked for in emergencies. I know I will make a difference in someone’s life when I donate and that is why I give. But, my eyes and heart were opened recently to the real importance of taking this relatively short time out of my day to donate every three months. My youngest son had been admitted to the hospital. His blood coun ..read more

Throughout 2024, we’re featuring each of Carter BloodCare’s donor centers and what makes them unique. The second feature focuses on our Hurst-Euless-Bedford Donor Center, serving the Mid-Cities in North Texas. Visit our blog page to read past donor center features. Employees are at the heart of every donor center, and customer service is a core component of each. HEB employees get a unique opportunity to work at the donor center located closest to Carter BloodCare headquarters, less than two miles away. This means the team of nine employees often helps train incoming phlebotomists, according t ..read more

Throughout 2024, we’re featuring each of Carter BloodCare’s donor centers and what makes them unique. The first feature focuses on our Baylor Donor Center, located near Baylor University Medical Center in East Dallas. Our journey as a blood bank traces back to 1951, when the Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank was founded to serve Dallas area patients. In 1998, Wadley merged with Carter Blood Center, then serving Fort Worth, to form Carter BloodCare to better serve the entire Metroplex. Sandwiched between lively Deep Ellum and the Old East Dallas neighborhood, the Baylor Donor Center date ..read more

Carter BloodCare is proud to provide blood components for CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in Texarkana and Atlanta. Our mission is “We save lives by making transfusion possible.” Donors make our mission possible. That is achieved through scheduled blood drives in Texarkana, Atlanta and surrounding communities. Donating blood at these drives is important to help local patients in urgent need of transfusions. This helps ensure a safe and available blood supply for residents in Bowie and Cass counties. Carter BloodCare welcomes new and returning donors across Northeast Texas. Your time and d ..read more

Carter BloodCare is proud to provide blood components for CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System in Texarkana and Atlanta. Our mission is “We save lives by making transfusion possible.” Donors make our mission possible. That is achieved through scheduled blood drives in Texarkana, Atlanta and surrounding communities. Donating blood at these drives is important to help local patients in urgent need of transfusions. This helps ensure a safe and available blood supply for residents in Bowie and Cass counties. Carter BloodCare welcomes new and returning donors across Northeast Texas. Your time and d ..read more