Somerset Donor Center
10 Stonegate Centre (Stoplight 16A), Somerset
Blood donors must be at least 17 years old (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, show a photo I.D. and meet additional requirements. If you are awaiting COVID-19 results due to symptoms, please do not attempt to donate. Sixteen-year-old donors must have a signed parental permission slip, found at kybloodcenter.org.
Appointments at the centers are preferred to ensure social distancing. Walk-ins are accepted as space allows. A face covering is required to donate. To schedule a donation, visit kybloodcenter.org or call
800-775-2522.
About Kentucky Blood Center
Somerset Donor Center
10 Stonegate Centre (Stoplight 16A), Somerset
Blood donors must be at least 17 years old (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, show a photo I.D. and meet additional requirements. If you are awaiting COVID-19 results due to symptoms, please do not attempt to donate. Sixteen-year-old donors must have a signed parental permission slip, found at kybloodcenter.org.
Appointments at the centers are preferred to ensure social distancing. Walk-ins are accepted as space allows. A face covering is required to donate. To schedule a donation, visit kybloodcenter.org or call
800-775-2522.
About Kentucky Blood Center
Big Blue Slam blood drive gives UK fans a chance to save lives, beat Gators
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and last updated 2021-01-22 11:18:08-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â In a season when nothing has been routine, Kentucky Blood Center is hoping UK fans will turn out in force for its annual blood drive competition LifeSouth Community Blood Center in Florida.
The 13th annual Big Blue Slam is Jan. 25-29 at all Kentucky Blood Center donor centers and blood drives and comes at an important time as the nonprofit continues to battle blood drive cancellations due to the pandemic and increased transfusions at the 70+ hospitals KBC serves.
Pikeville resident Gary Justice has donated blood nearly 170 times, giving more than 21 gallons and saving hundreds of lives and is now encouraging others to do the same. Submitted photo
A Pikeville man, who has now donated more than 21 gallons of blood in his lifetime, is encouraging others to donate blood to the Kentucky Blood Center to help people in need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic with a critically low blood supply statewide.
Gary Justice, 46, of Pikeville, has donated blood to the Kentucky Blood Center for 13 years, first donating blood at Pikeville Donor Center in 2007. The Kentucky Blood Center is the largest Food and Drug Administration-licensed blood bank headquartered in Kentucky, and it supplies blood to more than 70 Kentucky hospitals.