The largest need for blood donations is typically the summer when schools that host blood drives are out of session, and the need is especially apparent during the current pandemic.
Impact Life, formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, lost around 32,000 units of blood in 2020 due to cancelled blood drives, and though schools may be allowing blood drives to occur again and community organizations continue to host drives, Donor Relations Consultant Chris Ciasto says an important partner they haven’t quite recovered is the business sector, as several companies have shifted to a work-from-home model, eliminating mobile drives at work places, “If it’s not convenient, if it’s not at their place of business where they’re able to stop by the blood drive and donate for 45 minutes or an hour. If you move it to a donor center and invite all the same people instead of seeing 50 or 100 people depending on where the blood drive’s at, you’re maybe seeing 10, 1
Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio
May 12, 2021 | 12:19 PM
Effingham, IL -(Effingham Radio)- You can help change the world by giving blood. Donors with all blood types are greatly needed as inventories continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other variables.
By giving blood through ImpactLife (previously known as Community Blood Services of Illinois), you’ll provide a lifesaving resource used by local patients. ImpactLife is a not-for-profit community blood center which is the blood provider to 120 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin, including HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital. The organization was previously known by three different names: Central Illinois Community Blood Center, Community Blood Services of Illinois, and Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center.
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U.S Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, is hoping to lead by example in urging people to donate blood as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impacts supply.
LaHood made a donation of his own Tuesday at the newly renamed ImpactLife blood center on Glen Avenue in Peoria, noting how critical the blood supply is to the health care system.
“As we ve seen over the last 15 months with COVID, blood donations are down 30-40% across the country,” said LaHood. “So I think it s important that we recognize that and encourage people to give blood.”
Previously known by three different regional names, ImpactLife is the not-for-profit community blood center serving more than 120 hospitals across Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin – including OSF HealthCare and UnityPoint Health in Peoria.
U.S Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, is hoping to lead by example in urging people to donate blood as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impacts supply.
LaHood made a donation of his own Tuesday at the newly renamed ImpactLife blood center on Glen Avenue in Peoria, noting how critical the blood supply is to the health care system.
“As we ve seen over the last 15 months with COVID, blood donations are down 30-40% across the country,” said LaHood. “So I think it s important that we recognize that and encourage people to give blood.”
Previously known by three different regional names, ImpactLife is the not-for-profit community blood center serving more than 120 hospitals across Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin – including OSF HealthCare and UnityPoint Health.