Our mission: To partner with the community to help save and sustain lives by providing a safe supply of blood, blood components and related services. Gulf Coast Blood began operations, independent of the Harris County Medical Society on January 1, 1975. Today, recognized worldwide for its quality assurance programming, state-of-the-art technologies and management expertise, Gulf Coast Blood has grown to more than 700 employees and serves more than 170 hospitals and health care institutions in the 26-county Texas Gulf Coast, Brazos Valley and East Texas regions. To meet the needs of the area community, Gulf Coast Blood must collect about 1,000 donations every day. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is an independent non-profit blood center.