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Sickle Cell patients need regular and ongoing transfusions of blood that closely matches their own blood. There are rare blood antigens unique to each ethnicity and it is difficult to find blood types for recipients. Often the best match is often found in someone with the same ethnicity.

You can help by donating your blood at Community Blood Center. CBC will “type” your blood to see if you’re a match for a Sickle Cell patient. If your blood closely matches one of the Sickle Cell patients at Children’s Mercy, we hope you will consider becoming a part of this program.

To schedule a blood donation, please use our online scheduling system or Community Blood Center at 888.647.4040.