The Roscoe, Rockton, and South Beloit Fire and Police Departments will face off in the Tri-City Challenge Battle of the Badges Blood Drive benefitting the Rock River Valley Blood Center. The drive will happen over two days: Saturday, March 2 at the South Beloit Fire Station (429 Gardner St., South Beloit, [...]
The Janesville Fire and Police Departments will face off in a Battle of the Badges Blood Drive benefitting the Rock River Valley Blood Center on Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Janesville Fire Station #1 (303 Milton Ave. Janesville, WI 53545). The departments invite the community [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) invites members of the community to attend its 15th annual ‘Drive for Life’ blood drive in partnership with Bryden Motors and 99.9 WJVL on Saturday, Feb, 3 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Bryden Motors Showroom. This drive comes at a time when [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center has been collecting more than blood lately. Since Jan. 8, the organization has encouraged all blood donors to also contribute non-perishable food donations. All food collected through Jan. 22 will be presented to the Rock River Valley Food Pantry at their mobile blood drive held [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) and 104.9 The X invite members of the community to attend the upcoming 24th annual ‘Rock and Roll Up Your Sleeve’ blood drive on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Anderson Toyota. The long-standing drive has become a fixture in [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) and the Jaimie Cox Foundation will host the third annual Jaimie Cox Foundation Memorial Blood Drive on Saturday, January 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Hononegah High School. In 2017, Rockford Police Officer Jaimie Cox was killed in the line of duty. [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) is celebrating National Blood Donor Month this January by raising awareness about the national and local need for blood. Since 1970, blood centers nationwide have strived to increase blood and platelet donations during the winter – one of the most challenging times of the [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC), South Beloit Fire Department and South Beloit Police Department are hosting a holiday-themed Battle of the Badges Blood Drive on Tuesday, Dec. 20 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the South Beloit Fire Department, 429 Gardner St. Donors can make appointments online at [...]
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 [...]