American Red Cross

Our Mission

The American Red Cross Biomedical Services will fulfill the needs of the American people for the safest, most reliable and most cost-effective blood services through voluntary donations.

Mid-America Division

The Mid-America Division of the American Red Cross supplies blood products to more than 300 hospitals in 13 states and across the nation. We rely on the generosity of more than 500,000 volunteer blood and platelet donors, nearly 8,300 blood drive coordinators and approximately 2,500 employees to collect the blood that helps save thousands of lives each year. The Division's regional offices are located in Louisville, Kentucky; Madison, Wisconsin; Omaha, Nebraska; Peoria, Illinois; and St. Paul, Minnesota. The Mid-America Division is one of nine Red Cross Blood Services Divisions located across the United States. Together, these divisions provide nearly one half of the blood needed each year to treat patients across the nation.

Blood Donors

Blood donors are everyday people with a desire to give back to their community. They are high school students, business executives and everyone in between—people with a generous spirit, whose gift means life to patients in need.

Whether at a blood drive in a community or at a donation center in the city, every one of our donors plays an integral role in the delivery of modern healthcare. Many diseases, surgeries and conditions require blood transfusions in order for treatments to be successful and recovery to be possible.