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Collecting and distributing blood and platelets to patients in need.

Provides 24-hour emergency relief to individuals and families affected by disasters such as house fires, earthquakes, floods, tornados, etc. Educates people in how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Health and Safety Services offer courses in first aid, CPR, child-care, nurse assistant training, babysitting, swimming-life guarding and more on a regular basis. Courses and training are offered at the Chapter facilities or can be arranged at different localities for businesses and groups. Blood Services collects blood donations and supplies safe blood and blood products to local healthcare providers. Also offers various types of volunteering opportunities for adults and youth.

Provides 24-hour emergency relief to individuals and families affected by disasters such as house fires, earthquakes, floods, tornados, etc. Educates people in how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Health and Safety Services offer courses in first aid, CPR, child-care, nurse assistant training, babysitting, swimming-life guarding and more on a regular basis. Courses and training are offered at the Chapter facilities or can be arranged at different localities for businesses and groups. Blood Services collects blood donations and supplies safe blood and blood products to local healthcare providers. Also offers various types of volunteering opportunities for adults and youth.

Collecting and distributing blood and platelets to patients in need.

Collecting and distributing blood and platelets to patients in need.

Collecting and distributing blood and platelets to patients in need.

Collecting and distributing blood and platelets to patients in need.

Blood center provides blood and blood components to 86 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.  Works with volunteer blood donors and mobile blood drive host organizations to ensure blood products are available for local hospitals. Special services include autologous blood donation (when a patient donates his/her blood for upcoming elective surgery); therapeutic procedures (transfusions are performed for patients with leukemia and chronic anemia, plasma exchanges, injections of blood derivatives, and therapeutic phlebotomies for patients who have an over-production of red cells); and Youth Education (designed for elementary, junior high, or high school students, teaching them about the history of blood transfusion, details of the donation process, and the role of the community blood center).

Serves as a blood donor center where eligible individuals can donate blood, blood platelets or plasma.

Coordinates for blood drives used for the National Blood bank to assist individuals who need blood or blood components.

Collects more than 130,000 units of blood annually.