You don't have to leap from tall buildings to be a hero.

Your donation of blood could help save up to three people in our community, who need you to be their hero. Our area hospitals are in desperate need of life-saving blood. Below is a list of area hospitals that need your help. Remember, it doesn't take superpowers to be a hero.
Here are some alarming statistics related to the need for blood:
  • Blood is needed somewhere every three seconds
  • One out of three people will need donated blood in their lifetime
  • One out of ten hospital patients needs a blood transfusion
  • 60% of the American population is eligible to donate blood, but only 5% of this population actually does donate - and only 1% donate in New Jersey
- stats provided by Atlantic Health


Somerset Medical Center
One of only three hospital-run programs of its kind in the state, Somerset Medical Center's Volunteer Blood Donor Program relies on the support of individuals and area service organizations to provide most of the blood used annually at the medical center.
Raritan Bay Medical Center
Raritan Bay Medical Center, a non-profit health care organization, is committed to providing professional, compassionate and quality health care to all patients and to meeting the changing health care needs of our communities.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Through its acute, subacute, long-term acute care and extensive rehabilitation services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway provides a healthcare continuum to the people of Central New Jersey
CentraState Medical Center
Blood donors are heroes. By donating blood you can save a life. That's because no chemical, drug or fluid can replace blood in a real emergency. Blood collections are rising, which is good news. The bad news is, the demand is increasing faster than collections, and the nation's blood banks are facing persistent supply problems, national blood-supply groups say.
Atlantic Health
Blood supplies are at dangerously low levels during the winter months, prompting January to be declared, National Volunteer Blood Donor Month. Information about Morristown Memorial Hospital Blood Donor Services can be found at the Atlantic Health web-site for our phone number and hours of operation.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
The blood center has an ongoing need for both blood and platelets. Platelets have a shorter shelf-life than blood, and are especially important for cancer patients. Your help and support is always needed and greatly appreciated. Refreshments and parking are complementary.
Saint Peter's University Hospital
For almost a century, Saint Peter's University Hospital has been serving the healthcare needs of central New Jersey. From our simple beginnings in 1907, Saint Peter's has grown to become a technologically-advanced, 478-bed teaching hospital that provides a broad array of services to the community - from sophisticated care of premature babies to specialized geriatric medicine.
Hunterdon Medical Center
Hunterdon Medical Center Needs Blood Donors Everyday, lives are saved by blood donors in our community. In fact, 70% of the blood used at Hunterdon Medical Center comes from donors in the community. Hunterdon Medical Center depends heavily on regular volunteer blood donors to maintain an adequate and safe blood supply. Giving blood is the most generous act of kindness that one human being can do for another. When you give blood, you save lives. Blood is used for accident victims, newborn babies and their mothers who need a transfusion, people undergoing surgery, patients receiving treatment for cancer and other diseases.
To be eligible to donate blood a person must be at least 17 years of age, be in good health and weigh at least 110 pounds.
To schedule an appointment or for more information call Hunterdon Medical Center at 908-788-6405.
University Medical Center at Princeton
There is no substitute for human blood. Our only source of it is you and others like you in our community. Because blood is perishable and can only be stored for a limited time, a regular supply of donors is the only way to guarantee that blood will be available. Please call our Blood Donor room at 609-497-4366 to schedule a time to come in and donate blood. Thank you.

NJHA, Month Long Blood Drive


The New Jersey Hospital Association is presenting a month long statewide effort to significantly increase blood donations in the Garden State with a blood drive at its headquarters in Princeton. Challenged by Assemblyman Neil Cohen (D-Union), the seven blood centers that comprise the New Jersey Blood Bank Task Force have joined forces with 21 hospitals to hold blood drives across the state during January's observance of National Volunteer Blood Donor Month. "Our state has a dismal track record in blood donations," said NJHA President and CEO Gary Carter, who was first on the list to donate this month. "We routinely have to import blood from out of state to help our neighbors right here at home. I've seen the good in the people of this state, and I know that we can do better." According to blood center officials, more than 72,000 units of blood were imported in 2006 to meet the needs of patients in New Jersey hospitals. Through public awareness and education, the New Jersey Blood Bank Task Force, the State Department of Health and Senior Services and NJHA have been working together to reverse this trend.