FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
10:00am – 2:00pm
Employment Connection Center
1879 Senter Road, San Jose, California
Save Time! Schedule your blood donation appointment before 5:00pm on August 1.
Every 2 seconds someone in America needs blood.
Types O and B are in high demand. Learn more.
Rare blood types are often found in African-American and African ancestry populations.
Asian-American blood donors have a high frequency of type B.
Latino blood donors have a high frequency of type O.
Am I eligible? Check your eligibility here.
Save Time! Schedule your appointment before 5:00pm on August 1.
On the day of the blood drive, complete your Fast Track Health History Questionnaire online. It’s convenient!
Every 3 minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Learn why your registration is life changing here.
Donate peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) or marrow to help patients. Learn more here.
95% of requests are for donors in the 18 to 44 age group. Learn why it matters here.
7 out of 10 people will not have a matching donor in their family. Learn how the donor process works here.
What’s a blood or marrow transplant? Watch the Be The Match video.
Before you join, learn about the Be The Match registry processes here.
Am I eligible? Review the Be The Match medical requirements here.
Learn about Cord Blood Donation here, and see how you can donate between your 28th and 34th week of pregnancy with Be The Match.
Donors from all racial and ethnic backgrounds are needed. Patients from all backgrounds need the gift of life. The best match for patients generally comes from donors of similar ethnic, racial and genetic background. Save a life, donate!
Unfortunately not all blood is created equal. Since 1983, the FDA has ban blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM). Originally established during the HIVand AIDS epidemic as an emergency measure to prevent contamination of the U.S. blood supply, the restriction prevents any man who had sex with another man, regardless of sexual orientation, from donating blood.
In 2015, the FDA revised its MSM deferral ban. Today, MSM can donate blood on the condition that they have not engaged in any sexual activity with another man in the one-year preceding the donation.
Current policy is not supported by science. and impacts MSM, women who have sex with MSM, and transgender people who could be considered MSM.
It’s time for a different approach, not stigma! If you support the need for change we invite you to sign the current online petition. Help bring Equality to blood donation.
Eligibility guidelines currently instituted, specifically the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on “males who have had sexual contact with another male in the last 12 months,” are outdated and do not in any way express the views of the County of Santa Clara. Please be aware that the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in opposition of this ban and are encouraging their Federal Lobbyist to work to overturn the ban.
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