One patient. One medical emergency. 51 units of O-negative blood requested. If you’re an O- or O+donor, we need you. Your donation today can help ensure blood is ready for the next patient who needs it. 🩸 Roll up your sleeve. Donate now. https://bit.ly/4tKD4Hf
Rhode Island Blood Center
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Rhode Island Blood Center is one of the largest community-based, non-profit blood collection and distribution organizations in the United States. Schedule your appointment today and join us in saving lives!
🎁 A little surprise with your donation! From October 9–12, every presenting donor at our donor centers will receive a surprise item from one of our past promotions 📅 October 10–18 📍 All donor centers 🩸 Make your appointment at ribc.org
Because of a strong lifesaving system, today Georgia is making new memories, playing sports, and enjoying being a kid. Your financial support helps sustain our network and ensure children like Georgia have the care they need. – Click to contribute: https://bit.ly/4ArLdDK
🐝🍺 Bee Positive is officially here! We teamed up with DisciplineBrewing Co on a limited-edition 5.7% Märzen brewed with honey, inspired by B positive blood, bees and the power of coming together. Try it on tap or grab a four-pack while it lasts—and be part of the hive! 🩸
🚨 Platelet donors are critically needed right now! 🚨 Everyone who stops by a donor center to give platelets between September 30 & October 6 will receive a $20 e-gift card as a thank-you! Registration is required ➡️ https://bit.ly/4xTXw9o
Georgia's blood drive collected 51 units of blood in a single day—nearly four times the amount Georgia received during leukemia treatment. Your financial support helps ensure lifesaving care is there when families need it most. https://bit.ly/4ArLdDK
Every performance starts with one thing: showing up. For Dylan, an RI native and student at URI, blood donation is no different. He started at 16. Now, 114 donations later, he’s still showing up and doing one small thing that can make a difference for someone. Show up. Give blood. ribc.org
As Rhode Islanders prepare for the storm, married couple Jennifer and Michael made sure to do something that would also help their community: give blood. What do they love most about our Swansea center? "The convenience, the staff, and the fact that we get to give together."
While battling Leukemia, Georgia received 14 lifesaving blood transfusions. Thanks to donors, she rang the bell in December 2025. Help ensure young patients like Georgia have the lifesaving blood products they need. – Click to contribute today: https://bit.ly/4ArLdDK
From Rodeo to the Strip, Broadway to Bourbon, this street takes you somewhere even better. There's no wrong turns when you're headed to save a life! 💪 #DoMore #DonateBlood
Your donation helps ensure patients have the blood they need for surgeries, emergencies, cancer treatments, and so much more. It’s a small act that can have a lifesaving impact on someone right here in your community. So if you’re looking for a way to do good, roll up your sleeve. Give blood. ❤️🩸
🚨 Platelets are urgently low! Come to donate platelets from 9/21-9/23 and receive a $20 e-gift card as our thank you. Register at https://bit.ly/46yR1xz
🩸 Make an impact at our Monday blood drive with 94HJY—and through Monday, RIBC will donate $1 to The Tomorrow Fund for every donor who gives blood. ❤️ 📅 Sep 21 ⏰ 8am-5pm 📍 Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick 🔗 https://bit.ly/46yIQBn
Please join us in celebrating this father-daughter duo who just made their first blood donations together! Thank you both for rolling up your sleeves and showing us that saving lives can be a family affair! 👏❤️
Come to donate platelets twice from September 2–November 12 and receive a $40 eGift card. The more you donate, the more gifts you’ll receive. See the power of platelets in action and schedule a donation at https://bit.ly/4xsziTs
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. 💛 This September 14–21, when you give blood, you’ll also give back to young warriors battling cancer. For every donation, Rhode Island Blood Center will donate $1 to The Tomorrow Fund. Get started at ribc.org/donate.
In this 25th anniversary reflection, colleagues who were there share what they remember from the uncertainty of that day to the extraordinary generosity of donors. Today, we remember the lives lost and the incredible generosity that followed 🩸 https://youtu.be/IZOAu_VsfRc
Remembering September 11: 25 Years Later | We Remember, We Honor, We Give
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When O- blood runs low, patient care can’t always move forward. Surgeries are postponed. Cancer care is delayed. Doctors may have to make difficult decisions about limited blood supplies. If you’re O-negative, now is the time to give. Schedule at https://bit.ly/4tKD4Hf
Anna's dad always said "Get MAD" — Make A Difference. As a 9/11 first responder & blood donor he lived those words. Blood donations gave Anna's family 20 more years together. Now, she carries his legacy forward. #NeverForget
Anna's dad always said "Get MAD" — Make A Difference. As a 9/11 first responder & blood donor he lived those words. Blood donations gave Anna's family 20 more years together. Now, she carries his legacy forward. Honor the heroes. Get MAD. #DonateBlood #NeverForget
We are heartbroken by the violence in downtown Minneapolis, and our thoughts are with everyone affected. RIBC is working closely with our colleagues in the area, who have already provided nearly 300 blood products for patients. To make a donation, visit: https://bit.ly/4gymJkl
One last slice of summer, anyone? ☀️🩸 From 9/3–9/7, come to donate at our Providence or Warwick Donor Centers and choose between a tank top or picnic blanket, while supplies last. Plus, donate anywhere through 9/9 for a chance to win a $500 Target gift card—with a new winner every day! 🎯
When you donate blood September 2–9, you’ll help save lives and be entered to win a $500 gift card! One lucky lifesaver will win a $500 gift card each day!🎉 That’s $500 for groceries, gas, a weekend getaway—or whatever you need most! Schedule at: https://bit.ly/4s4nV1D
For Jose, donating blood is simple -- "I'm healthy and able to give, so I do." A longtime whole blood donor, Jose rolls up his sleeve two to three times a year to help ensure lifesaving blood is there when patients need it most.
It's a new chapter for Rhode Island Blood Center and MA! 🩸 We’re proud to celebrate the grand opening of our first Massachusetts donor center in Swansea, expanding access to blood donation and helping strengthen the blood supply for patients and hospitals across New England. ❤️
Don't stop... donating! Hold on to that feeling! Whether it's your first time or your fiftieth, every visit matters. Thank you to every donor who walked through our doors this summer, rolled up their sleeve, and held on to that feeling of knowing they just saved a life.
"I always say, it's better to give than to receive." ❤️ Even though a platelet donation takes a little bit longer than a whole blood donation, she's happy to give because she knows it's where she can make the biggest impact as someone who is AB-.
"Honestly, I just wanted to do something that was new and good for the community." With a donor center conveniently located near his home home, Lamar decided it was the perfect time to make his first blood donation. Make your donation by scheduling at ribc.org
☀️ Summer looks good on you. Stop by to give at a donor center or mobile drive from Aug 3-9 and receive a limited-edition Rhode Island summer tank top while supplies last. 📍 Schedule at https://bit.ly/4tKD4Hf
Pint for a Pint is back! 🍻 From August 1–31, donate blood and receive a voucher to enjoy a free or discounted beer or coffee from a local brewery or coffee shop: ribc.org/pint. Give blood. Give back. Cheers to saving lives. 🩸