American Red Cross Donor Center

For such a busy intersection you’d never know this was tucked away in the corner of this plaza. but please pay attention! Donating blood is so important and they have this office running like a well oiled machine. Very friendly staff when you enter the front. they explain what will be done, how long it will take, etc.
The technicians in the back are all very efficient, take time to make sure you’re comfortable with each step of the process, and friendly. They provide sincere thanks about a thousand times while you’re there which makes you feel very good :-)
You can call ahead to schedule an appointment so you don’t have to wait. I called at 9 am on a Sat AM and planned a 11:00 appointment and was out the door by noon. and mine took longer than most — apparently I have weird veins. but the technician was great; able to stick me the first time; and took care to ensure things were all going smoothly throughout the process.
Thumbs up for a very clean, well run facility. Make the trip and save a life!

The staff and volunteers here is super professional and helpful! They set aside two water bottles for us this weekend when we donated to make sure they were there when we got done!
Also, I have a huge, tremendous, silly, but very serious fear of needles. I don’t know why. I’ve given blood a number of times before, so it’s not like I am going to die, but they tried to give me a tetanus shot a few weeks ago, thought since I am an adult that I could sit in the rolly chair, and I rolled my butt right out of the room. But the phlebotomists are very nice and helpful and tried to make me feel at ease before sticking me. And it totally didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would! I mean, the paper I was holding had a million bite marks in it, but that was all pre-​needle.
If I can get past my terror of needles, anyone can! (Flying is still a different story)

Make an appointment– show up– donate life-​have a cookie. If you follow those steps you will be in and out of here in under an hour and you will have earned your «karma» for the day. I have heard horror stories of bad phlebotimists but I have never had a problem at this location. If you haven’t donated before start and if you have had a bad experience before try out this location.

I’ve donated blood here two or three times. Whenever I’ve gone they’ve been very nice and friendly and it hasn’t taken too long. I’ve had no problems at all while actually at the donor center. So, the reasons for my two star review… I don’t know if this is still a problem but it took forever to even schedule the appointment because they advertised a phone number on the American Red Cross website that didn’t work. So, I had to call the national number, which then transfered me to the Southern California Red Cross because of my area code! alskfjdlsj! So many people don’t have the area code of the area they currently reside in! It should just ask you to type in a zip code or something! Anyways, I EVENTUALLY somehow managed to talk to someone that could help me schedule an appointment. Then, when going to the appointment I couldn’t find the place for a very long time because it was way further down Broadway than I thought and I was very new to Tucson at the time! But I couldn’t call for directions because the phone number was still the wrong one and I couldn’t find anything online to help me! Arg! Anyways, my rating might be a little harsh but it was a very irritating experience.

i’ve been to this particular strip mall a million times since i moved to tucson (seeing as they have in-​n-​out right there on the corner).
it was only the other day that i saw the american red cross doner center hiding in the back corner! i was really excited to see them there because they are close to the house, and i am not always able to make it out to different donation sites (like pima cc).
today, at 11:30AM i walked in to the center and was greeted by a lovely volunteer. she gave me the run down on what i needed to have, did i eat breakfast, lunch and then handed me some information on donating blood to read. when i was finished with that, i waited for my turn.
they took me into a private room and went through a series of tests (blood pressure, temperature, hemoglobin, etc) and then left me alone in the room to take the question and answer portion by myself.
when i was finished with that, tim, a phlebotomist, took me over to a station and set me up for my draw. he was very friendly and explained everything thoroughly (even though this wasn’t my first donation) and got my vein on the first stick!
within 10 minutes i was all done and ready to go. they send you over to a refreshment center where you can sit and rest for a minute and drink some cold water or juice and eat a snack. there, another volunteer will ask you to make your next appointment 56 days from now.
this is a great donation center — very clean and great people! join the cause and donate today! you’ll help save THREE lives!