2023 Blood Drives

Every Friday from 8:30 to 4:30 Yawgoog Scout Reservation and the Rhode Island Blood Center provide an opportunity for adult leaders and scouts 16 or older to give blood on Fridays during their week. All donors receive a patch! There will be a signup sheet available in the Bucklin. 

16-year-old donors:
You can donate blood with a parent's permission and must have a signed permission slip. You must weigh 130 pounds or more.

​Donors over 17 years of age, to donate a pint of whole blood: Men and women must weigh 110 pounds or more and there is no height requirement.  There is also no upper age limit to donating blood! 

More about the facts of blood donation and common questions can be found on the Rhode Island Blood Center website.

More about the facts of blood donation and common questions can be found on the Rhode Island Blood Center website.

For the best possible donation experience, please prepare for your donation!
All donors must be feeling well and healthy on the day of donation and be in good overall health. You can donate on most medications and with various medical conditions.

Did you know?

• Only about 5 percent of eligible individuals donate, while 38 percent of the population is eligible.
• There is no upper age limit to donate in healthy individuals.
• Most medications do not prevent individuals from donating.
• You may donate if you had a tattoo in a licensed establishment in Rhode Island, or another state that regulates tattoos, and it has healed. (For specific queries of states, call (401) 453-8307)
• You may donate if you had a body piercing and the piercing was done by a physician, or a licensed professional. Using sterile, single-use, disposable equipment or piercing gun.
• In many instances people who have recovered from heart attacks and cancer can donate.
• If you have high blood pressure and it is controlled by medication, you are eligible to donate.
• If you have diabetes, it has been stable and under control. You are eligible to donate.
• You may donate after surgery if you have recovered from your surgery and did not need a transfusion other than your own blood.