Turn urgency into
action.
Turn action into policy.
Blood Advocacy Week brings donors, patients, blood centers, and community leaders together for one clear goal: protect and strengthen the U.S. blood supply through public awareness, coalition action, and direct advocacy.
A week built to move awareness, advocacy, and policy.
Blood Advocacy Week is America’s Blood Centers’ national campaign to strengthen the U.S. blood supply. It connects public education, coalition coordination, grassroots action, and direct engagement with lawmakers into one high-visibility week of momentum.
Blood supply issues do not stay inside hospitals. They reach cancer patients, trauma care, sickle cell treatment, surgery, and emergency response. That is why this week brings together donors, blood centers, partners, and advocates in one coordinated push.
From hometown action to Capitol Hill meetings, the goal is to turn public attention into action, and action into better policy.
National leadership. Community-level action.
America’s Blood Centers represents community blood centers that provide most of the nation’s blood supply. Blood Advocacy Week is where that network turns its reach into public action and policy visibility.
There is no substitute for blood.
No technology can replace it. No lab can mass-produce it. And when supply drops, patient care suffers fast.
Cancer patients depend on it every single day
A quarter of the U.S. blood supply goes to cancer patients. For many people in treatment, transfusions are not optional. They are part of staying alive long enough to keep fighting.
Diverse donors make survival more possible
Patients with sickle cell disease often need closely matched blood. Expanding who donates expands who can be treated safely and consistently.
Policy affects who can donate and how blood centers operate
Federal decisions shape eligibility, licensure, logistics, and public health readiness. Advocacy is one of the levers that determines whether the system gets stronger.
Low supply can delay surgeries and disrupt care
When inventory runs low, hospitals may be forced to postpone procedures or manage scarcity. A stronger blood system protects patients before a crisis, not after it.
A small increase in donors could change everything
If just 1% more Americans donated blood, shortages could be dramatically reduced. The gap is solvable, but only if more people act.
Four clear ways to step in.
Not able to make it to Washington, DC? You can still get involved.
Write to Congress
Send a message to lawmakers in minutes and support policies that strengthen the blood supply.
Contact your legislatorsDonate blood
Pair advocacy with direct life-saving action by donating during Blood Advocacy Week.
Find a blood centerSpread the word
Use campaign content, social graphics, and ready-made messaging to amplify the week.
Get social resourcesBecome a partner
Join the coalition of organizations helping drive awareness, advocacy, and national reach.
Join the coalitionReal people. Real stakes.
Every bag of blood is personal to someone. That is what this week is about.
My son needed 14 units of blood after a car accident. I had no idea how much blood centers mattered until that night. Now I donate every 56 days and I speak up every year.
I had donated for years, but showing up during Blood Advocacy Week changed how I saw the issue. Donation matters. Policy matters too. You need both.
As a blood center professional, I see every day how policy decisions shape our ability to serve patients. This week gives us one unified voice that leaders can’t ignore.
Take the message to Capitol Hill.
The summit is the in-person capstone of Blood Advocacy Week: strategy, connection, and direct advocacy in Washington, D.C.
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Bring the right mix of advocates.
Proof this is already working.
These numbers show that the campaign is not starting from zero. It is building on real momentum.
National partner organizations across healthcare, emergency services, technology, and advocacy.
Bipartisan Congressional meetings held across 25 states in 2025 alone.
People reached through social, media, and coalition communications.
Everything supporters need, in one place.
Learn more about the week, the resources behind it, and the policy agenda shaping it.
About Blood Advocacy Week
Learn how the initiative works, what it is building toward, and how the national coalition keeps growing each year.
Learn the storyAdvocacy resources
Access talking points, toolkits, social content, and outreach materials that make participation easier for supporters and partners.
Get resourcesAdvocacy agenda
See the policy priorities shaping this year’s message — from expanding prehospital blood to increasing blood centers’ ability to expand access and respond to demand for blood products.
Read the agendaJune 8–9, 2026
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