2025 Healthy Greenville Grant Award
The Greenville Health Authority (GHA) awarded The Blood Connection a $500,000 Healthy Greenville Grant to purchase a new Bloodmobile for Greenville County.
Since 1962, The Blood Connection (TBC), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community blood center, has been committed to ensuring healthcare partners have access to a safe, adequate, and cost-effective blood supply through voluntary blood donation. As the sole provider of blood products to hospitals throughout Upstate South Carolina, including those in Greenville County, TBC plays a vital role in supporting lifesaving patient care every day.
A single blood donation can be separated into multiple transfusable components—including red blood cells, platelets, plasma, and cryoprecipitate (a blood clotting factor)—allowing one donation to potentially help two or three patients. At the same time, a single patient experiencing severe trauma, undergoing cancer treatment, or facing a complex surgical procedure may require anywhere from five to more than 100 units of blood. When daily collection goals are not met, hospitals face the risk of delayed or limited access to these critical blood products.
Every two seconds, someone in Greenville County requires a blood transfusion, and approximately 70% of the community’s blood supply is collected through mobile blood drives.
Bloodmobiles are the cornerstone of Greenville County’s blood collection efforts, bringing convenient donation opportunities directly to neighborhoods, schools, businesses, faith communities, and other gathering places. However, the current fleet serving the region has exceeded its optimal service life, resulting in increased maintenance costs, reduced reliability, and the potential for disruptions to scheduled blood drives. Replacing these aging bloodmobiles is essential to maintaining a stable blood supply, ensuring uninterrupted collection efforts, and providing hospitals throughout Greenville County with the lifesaving blood products their patients depend on.
To learn more visit the Blood Connections website at https://www.thebloodconnection.org/