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.
By Benjamin Cox on May 4, 2021 at 12:30pm
Central Illinois Community Blood Center, Community Blood Services of Illinois, and Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center have all been united under a name change announced yesterday.
The 3 entities will now all collectively be known as ImpactLife. CEO Mike Parejko says it’s the culmination of a decades-long wish to re-brand the group under one umbrella: “Most may not know it, but over the past 10 years, we have operated under three different names: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center here in Davenport, Iowa; Central Illinois Community Blood Center out of our Springfield, Illinois location; the Community Blood Services of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The previous names came as a result of mergers in 2010 and 2011, which gave us three different identities. Today, we mark a milestone with the launch of our new name and brand. The new name unifies all of us – our team, our blood donors, our volunteers, and our s
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Central Illinois Community Blood Center
Central Illinois Community Blood Center is hosting two blood drives in the area. The first is in Lincoln from noon to 5 p.m.Wednesday, May 5 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1140 N. State St., inside the Fellowship Hall. To donate, contact the Blood Center at (800) 747-5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 61219 to locate the drive. Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental permission form available through www.bloodcenter.org) and weigh more than 110 pounds. A photo I.D. is required to donate. Donors who last gave blood on or before 3/10/21 are eligible to give at this drive.