The Kentucky Safety Program and the Personnel Cabinet are pleased to sponsor blood drives throughout the year. Read more in the Employee Handbook.
All locations listed below are in Frankfort, KY
2026 Blood Donation Opportunities
January
- 7 Kentucky Blood Center Mayo-Underwood Building - 500 Mero Street
- 14 American Red Cross Personnel Cabinet - 501 High Street
- 14 Kentucky Blood Center 300 Building - 300 Sower Boulevard
- 15 American Red Cross Cabinet for Health and Family Services - 275 East Main Street
- 29 American Red Cross Kentucky State University - 400 East Main Street
February
- 5 Kentucky Blood Center Kentucky State Police Records & Technology - 1266 Louisville Road
- 5 Kentucky Blood Center Capital Comples East - 1025 Capital Center Drive
- 9 Kentucky Blood Center Cabinet for Health and Family Services - 275 East Main Street
- 12 American Red Cross Kentuckians for Kentuckians - 501 High Street
- 12 Amerian Red Cross Mayo-Underwood Building - 500 Mero Street
- 17 Kentucky Blood Center Boone National Guard Center Armory #1 - 100 Minuteman Parkway
- 20 American Red Cross Legislative Research Commission - 7102 Capitol Avenue
March
- Please visit the American Red Cross website for infromation about community drives.
- Please visit the Kentucky Blood Center website for information about community drives.
Know Before You Go
- Employees can receive four hours of leave time with pay for donating and recuperating from donating blood.
- The donation must occur during an employee's scheduled work day, and does not include the lunch period.
- Leave time should be taken at the time of donation unless circumstances, as specified by the supervisor, require the donor to return to work. In this case, the unused portion of leave time will be credited as compensatory time.
- The Blood Donation Verification Leave Form should be completed by the employee and submitted to the employee’s supervisor. The supervisor will forward to the agency HR office after the timesheet has been approved.
- Agencies should notify their employees of individual blood donation policies.
- Donations can be made at any licensed blood center certified by the Food and Drug Administration.
- Prior supervisory approval is needed as well as verification after the blood donation.
- Employees deferred from donating shall not be charged for the time used in attempting to donate, but will not receive the four hours leave time as those who donate.
- For questions regarding the blood donation policy, contact the Office of Employee Relations at 502.564.9653
For questions about donating blood, contact
The
Kentucky Blood Center at 800.775.2522
Appointments to donate may be scheduled through the Kentucky Blood Center’s website at
www.kybloodcenter.org.
The
American Red Cross at 800.733.2767
Appointments to donate may be scheduled through the American Red Cross' website at
https://www.redcrossblood.org
