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 [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) is partnering with London Avenue Designs for a Mother’s Day promotion and blood drive from April 25-April 30 at all RRVBC donor centers during regular hours of operation. All donors who give blood during the timeframe will receive a Mother’s Day card to give [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) hosted a groundbreaking event today to celebrate the start of construction on its new 8,700-square-foot donor center which will be located at 418 N. Longwood Dr. in Rockford, across the parking lot from its current 6th Street location. The new donor center, which is [...]
The Rock River Valley Blood Center is continuing to test for COVID-19 antibodies on all successful blood donations. COVID-19 antibody testing began in August 2020. Prior to November 2021, RRVBC testing could only detect antibodies from the virus, not the vaccine. Since that time, RRVBC began more comprehensive testing which identifies [...]