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The Rock River Valley Blood Center has extended hours at its Rockford donor center locations for the last two Saturdays in December and first Saturday in January to accommodate increased demand for blood during the holiday season. The blood center will also give each donor who donates between Saturday, Dec. 21, [...]

The Rock River Valley Blood Center has extended hours at its Rockford donor center locations for the last two Saturdays in November to accommodate increased demand for blood during the holiday season. The Downtown Donor Center, 419 N. Sixth St., and the Perryville Donor Center, 3065 N. Perryville Road, will stay [...]

The Rock River Valley Blood Center is asking healthy individuals to donate blood or platelets either before or after the Memorial Day weekend.  Due to slow donor traffic and high usage at hospitals, there is a great need for donors with all negative blood types and those willing to give platelets.  [...]

High usage at area hospitals, slower than usual donor traffic, and mechanical issues on one of the mobile blood drive vehicles has left local blood supplies at dangerously low levels. “The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) has less than a 1 day supply of types A negative and B negative [...]

Rock River Valley Blood Center continues to deal with a blood shortage, leading to another urgent call for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give. Donor traffic is down approximately 13 percent over the last 4 weeks, resulting in about 350 fewer donations than expected. Cold [...]