{"id":144732,"date":"2026-01-30T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144732\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:52:11","slug":"medical-city-announces-blood-drives-across-dallas-fort-worth-amid-blood-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/144732\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical City announces blood drives across Dallas-Fort Worth amid blood shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMedical City facilities across Dallas-Fort Worth will host blood drives in February and March to continue to bring aid to the region, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>Severe winter weather at the end of January has created a significant need for blood donations in North Texas after forcing many donor centers and blood drives to close for several days, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/health-care\/2026\/01\/29\/winter-storm-creates-severe-need-for-blood-donations-in-north-texas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winter months are already a slow time for blood donor turnout, which is why Medical City officials are asking for eligible donors to consider donating at one of these drives.<\/p>\n<p>Locations and dates for upcoming blood drives include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=Alliance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feb. 17, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.3025 N. Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=mca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Arlington<\/a>Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.3201 Matlock Road, Arlington<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatpartners.org\/donor\/schedules\/drive_schedule\/168464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Dallas<\/a>Feb. 13, 7 a.m.-2 p.m.7777 Forest Lane, Bldg. E, classrooms 1 and 2, Dallas<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.greatpartners.org\/donor\/schedules\/drive_schedule\/167483\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Decatur<\/a>Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.609 Medical Center Drive, Decatur<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=medicalcitydenton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Denton<\/a>Feb. 20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.3537 S. I-35 E, Denton<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?order=DATE&amp;range=10&amp;zipSponsor=medicalcityftw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Fort Worth<\/a>March 12, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.900 Eighth Ave., Fort Worth<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=MedicalCityFrisco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Frisco<\/a>March 12, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.5575 Frisco Square Blvd., FriscoFeb. 17, 7 a.m.-1 p.m.11970 N. Central Expressway, Dallas<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=mclascolinas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Las Colinas<\/a>March 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.6800 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=MedicalCityLewisville\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Lewisville<\/a>Feb. 13, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.475 Elm St., Lewisville<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=medicalcitymckinney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City McKinney<\/a>Feb. 17, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.4510 Medical Center Drive, McKinney<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=northhills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City North Hills<\/a>March 5, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.4375 Booth Calloway Road, Ste. 202, North Richland Hills<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/drive-results?zipSponsor=medicalcityplano\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Plano<\/a>Feb. 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.4001 W. 15th St., Plano<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatpartners.org\/donor\/schedules\/drive_schedule\/171257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Medical City Weatherford<\/a>March 10, 7 a.m.-11:30 a.m.713 E. Anderson St., WeatherfordWhat else?<\/p>\n<p>Medical City Healthcare hospitals collected 1,005 red blood cell units in 2025, according to the news release. One donation can help save up to three lives, meaning Medical City\u2019s collections could benefit more than 3,000 patients, the release states.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Medical City facilities across Dallas-Fort Worth will host blood drives in February and March to continue to bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[60735,60733,116,118,117,60734],"class_list":{"0":"post-144732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-blood-donation-near-me","9":"tag-blood-drives","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","12":"tag-fort-worth-news","13":"tag-medical-city-blood-drives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}