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The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC), in partnership with Timothy (Tim) Shaw and his family, is hosting the ‘Time for Tim Blood Drive’ next week. Tim, who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in Nov. of 2020 credits the blood center and the community for saving his life. On [...]

The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) announced the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has updated eligible donor guidelines allowing more people to donate blood and strengthen the nation’s blood supply during a critical time. In May, the FDA announced donors who had been permanently deferred for Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted our nation’s blood supply. Businesses, schools, and other organizations cut back on blood drives. Many drives were also cancelled because of staffing shortages. On top of that, shortages occur when there are disasters, flu outbreaks, and even during the summer months when many people go on [...]

Bill Hoff and Bill Whitcher have been friends for more than 35 years. It was during a visit to the Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) when Bill Hoff noticed his friend’s name on the Milestone Donor List, which recognizes donors who reach gallon donation milestones. Before, neither realized that the [...]

The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) hosted a ribbon cutting today to celebrate the opening of its new 8,700-square-foot donor center located at 418 N. Longwood Street in Rockford, across the parking lot from its former 6th Street location. The new donor center offers a warm, inviting environment with a [...]

The Rock River Valley Blood Center is urging healthy individuals to donate blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day on June 14. The center will be celebrating the holiday with a blood drive on that day at all donor centers and blood drives during regular business hours. All donors will [...]

Today the Rock River Valley Blood Center awarded a trophy to Freeport for winning the Schools Unite to Save Lives blood donation challenge. This is the second year in a row Freeport has claimed the top spot. The blood center partnered with local high schools again this spring to help increase [...]

Blood donors can enjoy beef sticks during the month of May thanks to a donation from the Stephenson/Winnebago County Beef Association in honor of National Beef Month. Beef Month spotlights the U.S. beef industry and those who play integral roles – from farmers to processors – in the process. Beef is [...]