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Blood Donation Leave

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

2023 Blood Donation Opportunities

        April
          •  5-6     Kentucky Blood Center     Mayo Underwood - 500 Mero Street
          •  5        American Red Cross           300 Sower Boulevard
          •  6        Kentucky Blood Center      Capital Complex East - 1025 Capital Center Drive
          •  7        American Red Cross           106 Diagnostic Drive
          • 13       Kentucky Blood Center      300 Sower Boulevard 
          • 14       American Red Cross           106 Diagnostic Drive 
          • 15       Kentucky Blood Center      Kentucky State Police Records & Technology - 1266 Louisville Road
          • 15       Kentucky Blood Center      Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority - 100 Airport Road
          • 26       American Red Cross           Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - 200 Mero Street 
          • 28       American Red Cross           106 Diagnostic Drive  
        May  
          •  3        American Red Cross            Kentucky State Office Building - 501 High Street ​​
          •  4        Kentucky Blood Center       ​Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife - #1 Game Farm Road
          •  4        American Red Cross            Cabinet for Health and Family Services 
          •  5        American Red Cross            106 Diagnostic Drive 
          • 12       American Red Cross            Civil Air Patrol - 101 Old Soldiers Lane 
          • 17       Kentucky Blood Center       Cabinet for Health and Family Services 
          • 17       Kentucky Blood Center       Kentucky State Capital 
          • 19       Kentucky Blood Center       Centralized Lab - 100 Sower Boulevard
          • 19       American Red Cross            Hiram Lodge - 308 Ann Street 
          • 26       American Red Cross            Legislative Research Commission 
          • 26       American Red Cross            106 Diagnostic Drive 
          • 31       Kentucky Blood Center       Mayo Underwood - 500 Mero Street       
        June
          • 1         Kentucky Blood Center       Mayo Underwood - 500 Mero Street
          • 1         Kentucky Blood Center       Capital Complex East - 1025 Capital Center Drive
          • 2         American Red Cross            Hiram Lodge - 308 Ann Street  
          • 7         Kentucky Blood Center       Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority - 100 Airport Road
          • 7         Kentucky Blood Center       Kentucky State Police Records & Technology - 1266 Louisville Road
          • 8         Kentucky Blood Center       300 Sower Boulevard 
          • 9         American Red Cross            106 Diagnostic Drive
          • 12       American Red Cross            300 Sower Boulevard 
          • 14       American Red Cross            Mayo Underwood - 500 Mero Street 
          • 16       American Red Cross            Hiram Lodge - 308 Ann Street 
          • 23       American Red Cross            106 Diagnostic Drive  
          • 28       Kentucky Blood Center       Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - ​200 Mero Street  
          • 30       American Red Cross            Hiram Lodge - 308 Ann Street   

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.
          • 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.               

For more information on the Kentucky Blood Center's enhanced donation procedures, please view the following document:    KBC COVID-19 Safety Info for Donors

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​​​