If you or anyone you know is pregnant, you can donate the cord (rather than throw it away) and give the
gift of life. The stem cells in the cord blood are actually better than stem cells found in bone marrow.
These cells have not had to learn patterns and hence rejection rate is much lower. Below is the list
of know donor centers. If you cannot find one, call 800-654-1247
LifeCord
Montgomery Community Blood Bank Cord Blood Department
1601 Eastern Blvd
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: (334) 260-0477
Ashley Ross Cord Blood Program of the San Diego Blood Bank
440 Upas Street, PO Box 639003
San Diego, CA 92103-4900
Phone: (619) 296-6393 ext. 161
American Red Cross
Western Area Community Cord Blood Bank
San Diego, CA
Phone: (858) 514-1664
Children's Hospital of Orange County Cord Blood Bank
455 South Main Street
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: (714) 516-4335
Bonfils Cord Blood Services
Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Center
717 Yosemite Street
Denver, CO 80230
Phone: (303) 363-2350 or (800) 421-9529 ext. 2350
LifeCord
1221 NW 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 334-1083
Institute for Transfusion Medicine Cord Blood Services
(formerly Chicago Community Cord Blood Bank)
LifeSource
1205 North Milwaukee Avenue
Glenview, IL 60025
Phone: (847) 803-7965 or (800) 486-0680
American Red Cross Cord Blood Program
New England Region
55 Lake Avenue North, Room HB - 705
Worcester, MA 01655-0246
Phone: (508) 334-2753
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank
3662 Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 268-2787 or (888) 453-2673
Collections at hospitals from an approximate 150 mile radius
around the city of St. Louis. Current hospitals participating
in the program include 17 hospitals in Illinois and 22 hospitals
in Missouri
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank Western Area Community Cord Blood Bank
Great Falls, MT
Phone: (503) 460-1613
Collections at hospitals in Portland (Oregon), Great Falls
(Montana), San Diego and
Oakland (California).
American Red Cross
Western Area Community Cord Blood Bank
995 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43205
Phone: (614) 253-2740 x2302
Collections at Riverside Methodist Hospital
American Red Cross
Western Area Community Cord Blood Bank
Portland, OR
Phone: (503) 284-0011
Collections at hospitals in Portland (Oregon),
Great Falls (Montana), San Diego and Oakland
(California) and Columbus (Ohio).
University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank
Denver, CO
Phone: (303) 372-2673
Collections for unrelated transplants only.
Collections only at Denver-University Hospital,
St. Joseph's Hospital,
Columbia-Rose Medical Center and
Denver Health Medical Center.
Cryobanks International
270 S North Lake Blvd, Suite 1012
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Phone: (800) 869-8608 or (407) 834-8333
www.cryo-intl.com
Donations for unrelated transplants from donors
anywhere in the continental United States.
Hawaii Cord Blood Bank
Kapi'olani Women and Children's Hospital
1319 Punahou Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone: (808) 983- BANK (2265)
Collections only at Kapi'olani Medical Center for
Women and Children, the Queen's Medical Center, the
Wahiawa General Hospital, Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, and Tripler Army Medical Center.
Michigan Community Blood Centers Cord Blood Bank
1036 Fuller Avenue NE
Grand Rapids, MI
Phone: (800) 837-0648 or (616) 242-9342
Collections for unrelated transplants only. Collections only
at Covenant Medical (Saginaw), Hackley (Muskegon),
Holland (Holland), Mercy General (Muskegon), Metropolitan
(Grand Rapids), Mid-Michigan Medical Center (Midland),
Munson (Traverse City), North Ottawa (Grand Haven),
Spectrum Health-Downtown (Grand Rapids), Spectrum
Health East (Grand Rapids), St. Mary's (Grand Rapids) and
Zeeland Community Hospital (Zeeland).
American Red Cross, North Central Blood Services
Cord Blood Program
100 South Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55116
Phone: (651) 291-6754
Collections for unrelated transplants only at Fairview-University
Hospital.
Community Blood Services
Bergen Community Regional Blood Center
Cord Blood Stem Cell Program
970 Linwood Ave West
Paramus, NJ 07653
Phone: (201) 251-3965
Collections in most New Jersey hospitals. Donors can store
"for-self" (autologous) or for the community (allogeneic - unrelated).
There is a fee for autologous storage.
Placental Blood Program of the New York Blood Center
310 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 570-3097
Collections only at Brooklyn Hospital in New York, North Shore Hospital
in Manhasset, and Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax,Virginia.
Ireland Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University
and University Hospitals of Cleveland Umbilical Cord Blood Program
Cleveland, OH
Phone: (216) 844-4723
This program is just getting started. Collections for public donation
and research will be done only at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
This cord blood bank will be affiliated with the Placental Cord Blood
Program of the New York Blood Center.
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3350
Durham, NC
Phone: (919) 668-1100
Collections only at Durham Regional (Durham), Duke University
Medical Center (Durham) and University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill).
Part of NIH trial study on cord blood.
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
San Antonio, Texas
Phone: (800) 292-5534 (Option 8)
Collections for unrelated transplants in San Antonio area hospitals
only. State-wide autologous storage available for a fee.
Puget Sound Blood Center - Cord Blood Program
921 Terry Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-1256
Phone: (206) 292-1896
Collections only at the Swedish Medical Center Hospitals -
(Downtown and Ballard locations) and Providence Hospital. Will be at University
of Washington in the future. Private storage for families who are
referred by an oncologist to store their baby's umbilical cord blood.
This cord blood program works cooperatively with the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank.