Giving Blood

Every two seconds someone in America needs blood, and each blood donation has the power to save as many as three lives.

Nationwide has taken this mission to heart, making blood donation a central part of our Corporate Citizenship program.

Nationwide associates take pride in our commitment to helping maintain an adequate blood supply, and we partner with community blood donation organizations to make it convenient and easy to participate.

In 1995, to show our steadfast support of this program, we opened the first full-time corporate on-site American Red Cross blood donor center in the country. As a result, associates at our headquarters in central Ohio contribute approximately 10% of the blood supply in Franklin County, Ohio.

The Nationwide Foundation recently purchased two new blood mobiles: one for the Blood Center of Iowa and one for the American Red Cross. These vehicles enable health-care workers to travel to various sites to collect blood.