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• LifeServe Supports Hurricane Impacted Areas LifeServe Supports Hurricane Impacted Areas
• Winter Weather Affects Blood Donations The recent winter weather has affected the travel plans of many midwestern families. However, it is also affecting your local blood supply. Today alone, LifeServe Blood Center has seen over 216 appointment cancellations. Donor centers have opened late and/or closing early and many mobile blood drives have been completely cancelled.
• LIFESERVE BLOOD CENTER CELEBRATES 75 YEARS SAVING LIVES! On November 24th, 2022 LifeServe Blood Center enters their 75th anniversary year. LifeServe Blood Center's inception dates to 1947, when four Des Moines area hospitals formed the Polk County Blood Donor Service with Des Moines grocer and blood donor recruitment philanthropist, Ike Smalls, as director.
• National and local blood supply at dangerously low level Iowa based community blood centers, LifeServe Blood Center and ImpactLife, along with local hospitals are issuing critical appeals for blood donors and urging community members to donate blood this week.
• LifeServe Provides Blood for Texas Shooting LifeServe Blood Center is prepared to support areas in emergency situations as part of the Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC). BERC, is composed of more than 35 blood centers from across the nation that have committed to collecting extra blood units on a rotating, on-call schedule. The extra blood products are held in reserve for critical-need scenarios, like the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
• LifeServe Blood Center Invites You to Help Save Your Neighbors in Winner – LifeServe Blood Center and Winner Regional Health are excited to announce their new lifesaving partnership. LifeServe Blood Center, ranked as one of the top 15 blood centers in the country, is now the sole supplier of all blood and blood products to eleven new hospitals across South Dakota including Winner Regional Health.
• LifeServe Blood Center and Holmes Murphy unite to deliver lifesaving blood supplies to Ukraine Unfortunately, individual volunteer blood donations are unable to be sent directly to the country of Ukraine. However, local blood donors have a unique opportunity to save lives locally while also extending a helping hand to send much-needed blood collection supplies to Ukraine. Blood donors who give blood between April 18 – April 30 can have the reward points they earn for their generous donation given to the efforts to support the Ukrainian Blood Service.
• LifeServe Blood Center Invites You to Help Save Your Neighbors in Miller LifeServe Blood Center and Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller are excited to announce their new lifesaving partnership. LifeServe Blood Center, ranked as one of the top 15 blood centers in the country, is now the sole supplier of all blood and blood products to nine new hospitals across South Dakota including Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller.
• IOWA MAN RUNS TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD DONATION Rik Zortman, the human etch a sketch, runs across the country utilizing GPS to sketch primarily names of children fighting cancer. This time, Rik is running to raise awareness about blood donation with LifeServe Blood Center.
• Say Goodbye to the Finger Stick! LifeServe Blood Center launches non-invasive, painless way to check hemoglobin levels for blood donors during the blood donation process.
• LifeServe Mask Update The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced it is relaxing its mask guidance. Based on this new guidance, beginning March 4, 2022, we are modifying our policy regarding face coverings in our LifeServe locations.
• LifeServe Blood Center Expands Blood Donation Operations in Pella to Impact More Local Lives To continue its lifesaving impact in the community, LifeServe is opening a new facility, located at 1542 Washington St. As LifeServe continues to expand in the Pella area, they are actively hiring for many positions.
• DSM People's Choice Voting LifeServe has been nominated for Des Moines' People's Choice We'd love your vote! Find us in the Services category > Non profit organization at votedsm.com Be sure to share the post and vote daily! We wouldn't be able to save local lives without you!
• Yankton Donor Center Now Open LifeServe Blood Center, located at 2901 Broadway Suite F in Yankton, opened its new donor center doors on Tuesday, February 22. LifeServe is the sole provider of blood products to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton and has been the community-based blood center in the area for many years.
• LifeServe Blood Center Selected as Primary Blood Provider in South Dakota LifeServe Blood Center, ranked as one of the top 15 blood centers in the country, is now the sole supplier of all blood and blood products to nine new hospitals across South Dakota.
• City View's Best of Des Moines LifeServe is proud to be the Runner-Up this year for the Best Local Non-Profit! Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We are beyond excited for this recognition!