The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Assembly Hall Gymnasium at USF’s St. Clare Campus, which is located at 1550 Plainfield Road in Joliet.
Joliet, Ill. – The University of St. Francis (USF) is hosting its first American Red Cross blood drive of the fall 2025 semester on Tuesday, November 11, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Assembly Hall Gymnasium at USF’s St. Clare Campus, which is located at 1550 Plainfield Road in Joliet. The drive is open to the community.
For an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and enter “60435” in the red “Find a Blood Drive” box on the home page. You can save up to 15 minutes when you donate blood by using RapidPass. Visit redcrossblood.org/RapidPass for more information.
All who come to give Oct. 20-Nov. 16, 2025 will be thanked with a $10 e-gift card to their choice of merchant PLUS automatic entry to win one of three $5,000 gift cards! Terms and additional details can be found at RedCrossBlood.org/Harves.
The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!
Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the App Store, Google Play or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments, view your blood type and results of your mini-physical, and track your donations.
If you are an eligible type O, B – or A – donor, consider making a Power Red donation. Red blood cells are the most transfused blood component.
For more information, please visit redcrossblood.org.
