Our History
For more than 70 years, Carter BloodCare has been saving lives across North, Central and East Texas.
1951
Carter BloodCare’s journey began when J.K. and Susie L. Wadley chartered the nonprofit Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank.
1959
The Amon G. Carter Foundation provided grant money to help charter the nonprofit Carter Blood Center to serve Fort Worth.
1993
The Wadley organization changed its name to BloodCare of Dallas.
1998
BloodCare joined with Carter Blood Center to form the nonprofit, 501(c)(3) community blood center known today as Carter BloodCare. Both community blood centers agreed they could provide better service to the DFW metropolitan area by merging.
2002
Carter BloodCare expanded into Central Texas following the invitation to provide service to Waco hospitals.
2007
Carter BloodCare merged with Stewart Regional Blood Center in Tyler, furthering the reach into East Texas and creating one of the largest community blood centers in Texas.
Today
Carter BloodCare provides lifesaving transfusion resources to more than 200 medical facilities in over 50 counties throughout North, Central and East Texas. Each year, we provide more than 440,000 units of blood and blood components to meet patients’ treatment requirements. Carter BloodCare’s services include collection, processing, specialized laboratory testing, storage, and distribution of blood and blood components.
