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The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) is excited to announce the launch of a new campaign in honor of the organization’s 70th anniversary. In an effort to recruit donors to fill the local blood supply, RRVBC has a goal of adding 7,000 new donors in 2023. “Right now, about 16,000 [...]

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 [...]

**View the video here** Washington, DC – America’s Blood Centers (ABC), the national organization of community-based, independent blood centers that supply 60 percent of the nation’s blood supply, today released a new recruitment video to help attract a diverse pool of jobseekers at community blood centers across the country. This new resource [...]

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 [...]