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Where to Donate
In addition to our Texas Medical Center locations, you can donate at any of our Houston area locations and
community blood drives
Please review our current locations and operating hours below.
For questions about eligibility, please review our
General Donor Requirements
or call us at 713-792-7777.
Blood Donor Center - Holly Hall
2555 Holly Hall St., Houston, TX 77054
Hours:
Open 7 days a week: 9 a.m  to 5 p.m.
Holiday hours:
Dec. 24, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dec. 25, 2026 - Closed
Dec. 26, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dec. 31, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Jan. 1, 2027 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free parking
Blood Donor Center - Main Building
Floor 2, near Elevator D
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday:
Currently closed on weekends
Holiday hours:
Dec. 24, 2026 - Closed
Dec. 25, 2026 - Closed
Dec. 31, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Jan. 1, 2027 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Self-parking validated for Garages 2 and 10. We provide $5 validation for whole blood and $10 for apheresis donations. Please note that this may not cover 100% of the parking fee.
Blood Donor Center - Mays Clinic
Floor 2, near The Tree Sculpture
1220 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday:
Currently closed on weekends
Holiday hours:
Dec. 24, 2026 - Closed
Dec. 25, 2026 - Closed
Dec. 31, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Jan. 1, 2027 - 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Self-parking validated for Mays Clinic Garage. We provide $5 validation for whole blood and $10 for apheresis donations. Please note that this may not cover 100% of the parking fee.
UT MD Anderson League City
Floor 2, Conference room LCC2.1001A
2280 Gulf Freeway, League City, TX 77573
Hours:
Mondays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free parking
UT MD Anderson in Sugar Land
Floor 1, Conference room SLTC1.1091
1327 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Hours:
Tuesdays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free parking
UT MD Anderson The Woodlands
Floor 1, Conference room WLC1.005
100 Fellowship Drive, Conroe, TX 77384
Hours:
Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free parking
UT MD Anderson West Houston
Floor 2, Conference room 1WHC2.1030
13900 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77079
Hours:
Fridays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free parking
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713-792-7777
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Can’t give blood yourself? Here are three other ways to support blood donation
If you know how much blood donations
benefit cancer patients
, you may already be eager to
roll up your sleeve
But what if you’ve been told that you either
can’t
or
shouldn’t
give blood? If this describes you, there are several ways you can still support blood donation here at
MD Anderson
We spoke with Adriana Maria Knopfelmacher-Couchonal, M.D., a transfusion medicine specialist in
Laboratory Medicine
. Here are three tips she shared on how you can help.
Make sure your blood donation restriction is permanent
The first thing to do is find out
why
you were told not to donate blood. Was it because you were just temporarily
anemic
or because you have
hepatitis
or some other
chronic infection
? Was it due to a particular
medication
or a history of travel to certain areas of the world?
It’s important to clarify the reasons because things might have changed since you were told not to donate. For instance:
Many medications that once would have disqualified you are
no longer restricted
Deferrals for living in certain countries
no longer apply
Even survivors of certain
types of cancer
are now
welcome to donate
, provided they’ve finished all their treatments and been
cancer-free
for at least two years.
“The list of restricted medications in particular is constantly being updated,” says Knopfelmacher-Couchonal. “So, don’t just assume you can’t give.”
Encourage others to donate blood at
MD Anderson
Talk to your friends, family members and colleagues to see if they’ve thought about or might be willing to give blood at
MD Anderson
Blood Bank
. And make sure that they know that donating to
MD Anderson
Blood Bank is the only way to ensure their donation benefits our cancer patients.
If they seem open to it, offer to give them a ride or keep them company while they donate. You could even turn it into an excursion by catching a movie or taking them for coffee afterward. The more positive someone’s first experience donating blood is, the more likely it is they’ll want to repeat it.
You can also mention
MD Anderson’s
constant need for blood donations
on social media and ask people in your networks to share your posts or donate blood. Even easier: Share posts directly from
MD Anderson’s
official social media accounts
“Just because you can’t donate personally doesn’t mean you can’t still help,” adds Knopfelmacher-Couchonal. “Never underestimate the power of promotion.”
Sponsor a blood drive
MD Anderson
Blood Bank depends on community blood drives to help ensure we have enough blood and platelets. Last fiscal year, more than 225 businesses, churches,
schools
and other organizations across the Greater Houston area hosted blood drives to benefit
MD Anderson
. Those efforts yielded more than 20,600 units for our patients, or 69% of all successful blood product donations.
But if your company or place of worship doesn’t already host a regular blood drive, you could be the one to
set it up
If you’re a manager at your workplace, alert your staff and colleagues well in advance, so that anyone who wants to participate can block out time in their schedules to do so. Then, send out weekly email reminders to catch any stragglers.
If your organization already hosts a regular blood drive for
MD Anderson
Blood Bank, you can help recruit participants. Post fliers or hang banners in high-traffic areas, and ask everyone you know if they’ve already made plans to donate. If not, encourage them to do so. Wear a blood donor T-shirt or a lapel pin that says, “Ask me about blood donation!” Then, share the reasons why you got involved with anyone who asks.
“Almost everyone knows someone whose
life has been touched by cancer
,” explains Knopfelmacher-Couchonal. “Personalizing your story might be the final push someone needs to
donate at
MD Anderson
.”
Schedule an appointment to donate blood at
MD Anderson
Blood Bank.
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