The San Diego Blood Bank, a beloved community organization, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2025. To mark this milestone, they are opening a new, state-of-the-art facility in Clairemont Mesa.
Two venerable San Diego organizations -- the San Diego Blood Bank and Father Joe's Villages -- will turn 75 in 2025, with each separately opening new facilities in the new year, it was announced today.The blood bank and Father Joe's — then called the St. Vincent de Paul Center — both began providing assistance to San Diegans in 1950. The separate organizations will hold independent celebrations throughout the year. Since the blood bank began operating, it has collected more than 5.
5million pints of blood from donors, while Father Joe's has helped tens of thousands of San Diegans experiencing homelessness.This month, the blood bank will open its 10th location in San Diego County at the Clairemont Town Square shopping center. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization opened a 'pop-up' collection site there to collect blood during a critical time. The 3,978 square-foot blood donation center at that same site will serve residents of Clairemont Mesa, Bay Park, Bay Ho, Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, Pacific Beach and University City.The 3998 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. location will be one of the SDBB'slargest centers and is set up to collect whole blood donations, double red cells, platelets and plasma. It will also feature pre-appointment screening rooms, a canteen area where donors can rest after donating, a research room, a draw floor accommodating eight to 10 donors at a time, a components room to pack blood for transport and administrative offices.'We are a homegrown community nonprofit, founded 75 years ago on the need for San Diego to have a central organization that would collect and supply blood for hospitals locally,' Douglas Morton, CEO of the San Diego Blood Bank, said in a statement. 'The official opening of our new permanent Clairemont Mesa location expands our reach to diverse residents of various ethnic backgrounds, enabling improved blood matches for patients in San Diego and in Southern Californi
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