Help the Buckeyes Bring Home Blood Battle Victory #5! | Versiti Blood Center of Ohio
October 19 @ 8:00 am – November 25 @ 5:00 pm
In less than two weeks, Buckeye Nation will once again take on TTUN in one of Ohio State’s most meaningful traditions—The Ohio State University vs. University of Michigan Blood Battle!
For the past four consecutive years, Ohio State students, faculty, staff, alumni, and our community have come together to bring home the Blood Battle victory while providing lifesaving blood donations for patients across Central Ohio. This year, we’re counting on your partnership to help us make it five in a row!
Blood Battle runs Monday, October 19 – Wednesday, November 25, 2026.
During the competition, there will be 46 qualifying blood drives across campus, including three signature community events where everyone is welcome to participate:
- October 20 – Schottenstein Center Community Kickoff
- November 11 – Ohio Stadium Veterans Day Blood Drive
- November 22 – Ohio Stadium Rival Week Community Blood Drive
Attached is the complete Blood Battle schedule with appointment information. We would greatly appreciate your help sharing these opportunities with your colleagues, members, employees, students, alumni, neighbors, friends, and fellow Buckeye fans.
How You Can Help Bring Home Victory #5
Your voice and leadership can make a tremendous difference. Here are a few ways you can support Blood Battle:
- Schedule your own blood donation appointment and encourage others to join you.
- Forward the attached Blood Battle schedule to your employees, members, volunteers, alumni, or community network.
- Share Blood Battle through newsletters, email lists, websites, social media, and community calendars.
- Invite your organization, department, church, business, or club to attend one of the community blood drives together.
- Challenge another organization or group to see who can recruit the most donors.
- Display the attached flyer on bulletin boards, digital screens, break rooms, or community gathering spaces.
- Encourage friends, family, coworkers, and fellow Buckeye fans to make an appointment and bring a first-time donor.
- Help spread the word at meetings, events, and gatherings over the next two weeks.
Every appointment scheduled before kickoff helps ensure we have full donor beds throughout the competition. More importantly, every successful donation helps provide lifesaving blood for patients at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The James Cancer Hospital, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and hospitals throughout Central Ohio.
Together, we can once again demonstrate what Buckeye Nation does best—coming together to support our community, save lives, and bring home another Blood Battle victory.
Thank you for your partnership and everything you do to support this lifesaving mission.
Go Bucks—and let’s bring home Blood Battle Victory #5!
See donation schedule above for location information!
