[OldFriend]

I doubt there is any other entity collecting blood in the United States. Unless there is a drive for a specific person at a particular hospital, I believe the Red Cross is alone in the blood collection business.

Without donated blood many lives would be lost. Think again before you decide to NEVER donate blood because you don't like the Red Cross.

[On the Road to Serfdom]

Well, I would stay as far away from the Red Cross as possible. If they are the only ones collecting blood then it is not my fault. Let those that don't know any better donate, and have their identities stolen, get diseases, etc.

The problem is non-profits think they are such do-gooders they could justify in their mind reusing needles to save money because it is for the greater good. Don't try to tell me it never could happen. I doubt the Red Cross workers who stole the ID's in this story worried a lot about the sanitation of the needles.

[Centurion2000]

I doubt there is any other entity collecting blood in the United States.

Actually there are a few of them, and I have donated.

I will NEVER donate to the red cross again.

[tgslTakoma]

You can call up any local hospital and ask them if the have blood collection capabilities. Many do.

After a Red Cross scandal (I forget which one) approximately 6 years ago, I started donating my blood at Children's Hospital in DC. Red Cross gets no more blood from me.

[wideminded]

I doubt there is any other entity collecting blood in the United States. Unless there is a drive for a specific person at a particular hospital, I believe the Red Cross is alone in the blood collection business.

Around Seattle all the blood donations seem to be handled by Puget Sound Blood Center. As far as I know they have no connection with the Red Cross.

[knuthom]

I doubt there is any other entity collecting blood in the United States.

The hospitals here in the Ozarks (SW Missouri) didn't like the way the Red Cross was handling blood distribution, so they started their own collection center: Community Blood Center of the Ozarks. All the local hospitals use it.

[muggs]

In the Cincinnati, Ohio area it is not the Red Cross that collects. It's an organization called Hoxworth. I try to donate every 8 weeks since I learned that my blood has some kind of rare factor and they often use it for premature babies.

[Toddsterpatriot]

In Chicago, Life Source is another place to donate.