Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center began operations, independent of the Harris County Medical Society on Jan. 1, 1975. Today, recognized worldwide for its quality assurance programming, state-of-the-art technologies and management expertise, The Blood Center has grown to more than 700 employees and serves more than 170 hospitals and health care institutions in the 25-county Texas Gulf Coast, Brazos Valley and East Texas regions.

 

To meet the needs of the area community, The Blood Center must collect 308,500 units in 2008, and more than 900 donations every day. That is why The Blood Center encourages individuals to Commit for Life, which is a partnership between the community and Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center that is focused on saving lives, today…and in the future. It takes three easy steps:

1. Donate once per quarter;
2. Allow The Blood Center to contact you; and
3. Spread the word, encouraging others to Commit for Life.

To make this possible, The Blood Center offers more than 20 conveniently located donation locations, either a mobile site or a Neighborhood Donor Center, every day for individuals to Commit for Life and help save lives.  

 

Individuals who become Commit for Life members with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center not only have the benefit of helping save lives, but also the wonderful benefits that come along with being a member. Some of the many benefits include:

• - Access to Digital Donor;
• - Commit for Life store points with every donation;
• - Wellness check (mini-physical), which includes blood pressure, cholesterol level, blood type and more with every donation; and
• - Advanced Wellness Check for gold-level members.

Blood donations help patients with a wide variety of needs, including accident victims, cancer patients, premature babies and more. It takes about 24 hours to process every blood donation, so it’s the blood on the shelf that saves lives today. Every blood donation helps save as many as three lives.

 

Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization and is accredited, licensed and inspected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), AABB as well as local and state authorities. The Blood Center is a proud member of AABB, Blood Centers of America, South Central Association of Blood Banks, the Texas Medical Center and America's Blood Centers.

Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is an independent, nonprofit blood center that is not affiliated with the American Red Cross.