ImpactLife celebrates World Blood Donor Day
'On World Blood Donor Day, we want to thank the volunteer donors who consistently support our region's blood supply, and we invite new donors to join in support of our mission,' said Katie Marchik, chief operating officer. 'Blood products given by volunteer donors are used in lifesaving treatments at hospitals every day across our region. Donating today helps keep this lifesaving resource on the shelves at your hospital and helps ensure we are ready to respond with additional units of blood in an emergency.'
Through its Donor For Life program, ImpactLife offers rewards that grow in value with each donation made within a calendar year. Donors choose from an electronic gift card, bonus points to use in the Donor Rewards Store, or the option to make a charitable donation to a 501©(3) nonprofit of their choice through the blood center's Good Giving program. For complete information, visit www.bloodcenter.org/donorforlife.
From June 9 until June 22, each donation will earn three times the usual number of Donor Rewards points, and the blood center will offer entry to a drawing for six Adventure Packages, which include trips to the Illinois, Wisconsin or Iowa State Fairs, Six Flags St. Louis, Knight's Action Park in Springfield and Little Amerricka in Wisconsin.
Observed annually on June 14, World Blood Donor Day commemorates the birth of Dr. Karl Landsteiner, whose research identified the main blood groups: type A, type B, type AB, and type O, as well as the Rh-factor in blood. Blood providers worldwide mark World Blood Donor Day by raising awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and by thanking volunteer donors for providing a lifesaving resource in their communities.
To book an appointment for blood donation, call 800-747-5401, text LIFESAVER to 999-777, or schedule online at www.bloodcenter.org or via the ImpactLife mobile app (www.bloodcenter.org/app).
ImpactLife's mission is to save lives by engaging donors, supporting partners, and advancing medicine. Founded in 1974, ImpactLife supplies blood products and services to hundreds of hospitals, emergency services organizations, clinical researchers, and other blood centers throughout Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri. The nonprofit blood provider is ranked among the leading 12 blood suppliers in the United States.
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