DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 6, 2023) — Donors who give blood with ImpactLife this holiday season can help provide funding for food banks in addition to supporting our region’s blood supply. Throughout the month of December, ImpactLife will provide all presenting donors with a voucher to redeem for the donor’s choice of an electronic gift card or equivalent value donation to support food banks in the blood center’s four-state service region.
While the rate of blood donation may decrease during the holiday season, the need for lifesaving blood components remains constant. All eligible donors are urged to schedule an appointment to give blood at an ImpactLife donor-center location or mobile blood drive. (Type O-positive, Type O-negative, and platelet donations from all blood types are especially needed.) To schedule, please call (800) 747-5401, or schedule online at bloodcenter.org or via the ImpactLife mobile app (bloodcenter.org/app).
Through December 31, all donors who come to give blood at ImpactLife donation centers and mobile blood drives will receive a voucher to redeem for their choice of a gift card or equivalent value donation to support food banks, including River Bend Food Bank, based in Davenport, and serving communities across western Illinois and eastern Iowa.
“This is such a wonderful partnership,” said Nancy Renkes, President and CEO of River Bend Food Bank. “We are extremely grateful to ImpactLife and their donors and love the creativity and philanthropic nature of this campaign. The best ideas are ones where everyone benefits, and this falls into that category.”
The value of the gift card or donation will vary depending on the date, location, and type of donation procedure (for example, whole blood, platelets, or Double Red Cell). For more information, see bloodcenter.org/promotions.
For donations made through December 17
- Whole blood donation — at MOBILE BLOOD DRIVES
- $10 gift card or donation
- Whole blood donation — at DONOR CENTER LOCATIONS
- $20 gift card or donation
- Double red cell donation; plasma only procedures
- $25 gift card or donation
- Platelet donation (and donor has given platelets 2+ times previously with ImpactLife)
- $25 gift card or donation
- Platelet donation (donor's first or second attempt to ever give platelets with ImpactLife)
- $50 gift card or donation
- FIRST lifetime registration (all types) with ImpactLife (at DONOR CENTERS only)
- $50 gift card or donation
For donations made December 18-31
- Whole blood donation — at MOBILE BLOOD DRIVES and DONOR CENTER LOCATIONS
- $20 gift card or donation
- Double red cell donation; plasma only donation
- $25 gift card or donation
- Platelet donation (and the donor has given platelets 2+ times previously with ImpactLife)
- $25 gift card or donation
- Platelet donation (donor's first or second attempt to ever give platelets with ImpactLife)
- $50 gift card or donation
- FIRST lifetime registration (all types) with ImpactLife (DONOR CENTERS AND MOBILE BLOOD DRIVES)
- $50 gift card or donation
About ImpactLife
ImpactLife is a not-for-profit community organization providing blood services and emergency services providers to 124 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin, as well as resource sharing partners across the country. Services extend from southcentral Wisconsin to St Louis, Missouri and from Danville, Illinois to Chariton, Iowa. (See a map of the ImpactLife service region.) ImpactLife operates 22 Donor Centers and holds approximately 5000 mobile blood drives annually to provide blood components needed for patient transfusions at hospitals throughout our region.
For more information, see bloodcenter.org and find us @impactlifeblood on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube.
