Comptroller Darlene Green Hosts American Red Cross Blood Drive October 28, 2024

Donors can warm hearts this fall and winter when they give blood with the American Red Cross and the City of St. Louis Office of the Comptroller.

October 15, 2024 | 2 min reading time

Red Cross-Sickle Cell Fighters

(St. Louis – October 15, 2024) The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis. Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood.

The office of St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green encourages community residents to help by making a blood donation at its semiannual community blood drive being held on Monday, October 28, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Room 208 of St. Louis City Hall.

The Red Cross urgently needs blood and Platelets donation, because certain cancers and cancer treatments prevent patients from producing their own. as well as the ongoing need for African American blood donors for sickle cell therapies.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org [www.redcrossblood.org].

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COVID-19 Pandemic Update
The following measures are in place in order to operate in the safest way possible for donors, volunteers, staff, and visitors to city hall:

  • All blood donors should schedule an appointment in advance by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS or visiting redcrossblood.org [www.redcrossblood.org].

  • Each Red Cross blood drive and donation center follows the highest standards of safety and infection control. Learn more about the Red Cross safety protocols at: COVID-19 and Blood Donation [www.redcrossblood.org].


Comptroller Darlene Green is the chief fiscal officer of the City of St. Louis and is charged with safeguarding the city’s credit rating and with protecting taxpayer dollars. Visit www.stlouis-mo.gov/comptroller to learn more about the Office of the Comptroller.

  • Contact Information:
    Chana Morton
    Executive Assistant to the Comptroller
    Office Phone: (314) 622-4389
  • Department:
    Office of the Comptroller
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