New blood donor centre set to open in South Surrey<\/p>\n
Published 12:45 pm Wednesday, July 29, 2026<\/p>\n
Blood and plasma donors in South Surrey and White Rock now have a centre much closer to home where they can give.<\/p>\n
Canadian Blood Services is opening a brand-new donor centre in South Surrey\u2019s Grandview Corners, where Eddie Bauer used to operate, on Aug. 4, and held an open house Wednesday, July 29 to showcase the new site, which is the second location in Surrey.<\/p>\n
Designed to provide a modern, comfortable, and convenient donation experience, the new centre will offer both whole blood and plasma donation.<\/p>\n
It features eight donation beds \u2014 three dedicated to whole blood and five for plasma \u2014 which will help increase access to lifesaving donations for residents in the growing South Surrey community, a Canadian Blood Services release noted.<\/p>\n
So far, there\u2019s been plenty of public interest in the new location, Canadian Blood Services community development manager Craig Nielsen said July 29, ahead of an afternoon open house.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re actually fully booked for the first week, which is incredible,\u201d he shared. \u201cWe\u2019ve actually seen a national decline in Canada\u2019s blood supply by about 20 per cent since June 1. So, the timing is impeccable \u2026 we\u2019re opening more opportunities for Canadians and people here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new location is a permanent site, Nielsen said, noting Canadian Blood Services operates both permanent and mobile sites; other permanent sites include North Surrey, downtown Vancouver and an Oak Street location, also in Vancouver.<\/p>\n
When people donate what is called \u201cwhole blood,\u201d they\u2019re donating three main components: red blood cells, plasma and platelets, Nielsen explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach of those do get separated out into their separate components to help patients in need, but recently we\u2019ve been trying to increase our plasma donations in the country because there is a larger need now for plasma,\u201d he said. \u201c(That) plasma is actually turned into medications called immunoglobulins. (Giving plasma) is a bit longer of a process, but very similar to blood donation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having repeat\/consistent donors is also key, Nielsen noted, as every blood and plasma donation has the power to save or improve lives.<\/p>\n
Donors play a vital role in supporting patients undergoing cancer treatments, major surgeries, trauma care, and those living with rare blood disorders or immune deficiencies who rely on plasma-derived medicines, he shared, but also noted, giving blood can help the donor, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s what you experience \u2014 what you get when you give \u2026 you know you\u2019re helping patients in need, but it\u2019s also the feeling you get as a donor and the feeling that you\u2019ve given back to the community. It\u2019s actually a really rewarding experience for a donor \u2014 and whether that\u2019s through whole blood donation, plasma donation, stem cell registry, whatever it may be \u2014 it\u2019s a good feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nielsen also shared how grateful he was for the support of the local community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to all of our donors in South Surrey and White Rock,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen an incredible response since we\u2019ve gone public with this new donor centre opening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New blood donor centre set to open in South Surrey Published 12:45 pm Wednesday, July 29, 2026 By…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-844661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}