Hy-Vee (26th St. & Sycamore) Friday, June 2 between 9am to 12pm & 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Click HERE to schedule your donation.
Hy-Vee (37th St. & Minnesota Ave.) Friday, June 2 between 9am to 12pm & 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Click HERE to schedule your donation.
Hy-Vee (49th St. & Louise Ave.) Friday, July 14 between 9am to 12pm & 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Click HERE to schedule your donation.
Hy-Vee (26th St. & Marion Ave.) Friday, July 21 between 9am to 12pm & 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Click HERE to schedule your donation.
Hy-Vee (57th St. & Cliff Ave.) Monday, July 24 between 9am to 12pm & 1:30pm to 5pm. Click HERE to schedule your donation.
Hy-Vee (East 10th St.) Friday, August 18 between 9am to 12pm & 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Click HERE to schedule your donation.
Sioux Falls, SD- Hy-Vee (all Sioux Falls locations) and Community Blood Bank are joining forces to provide a strong blood supply in the community throughout the summer months by offering the “Fueling up the Blood Supply” campaign throughout the summer months. Donors scheduling an appointment to give blood any Monday in June, July, or August, at one of Community Blood Bank donor rooms (Avera McKennan Hospital or Sanford USD Medical Center) will receive a $10 gas voucher redeemable at all 6 Sioux Falls Hy-Vee locations. Additionally, each of the Sioux Falls Hy-Vee’s will hold their own community blood drive and all who donate at one of these events will receive a $10 gas voucher. Residents are asked to consider donating blood in support of the summer blood supply. To schedule an appointment people may log onto www.cbblifeblood.org, select “news”, and the Hy-Vee “Fueling up the Blood Supply” article with drive details and event schedule links included or call Community Blood Bank at 605-331-3222. Information can be found at log onto www.cbblifeblood.org.
Community Blood Bank supplies over 550 units of blood each week to people in northwestern Iowa, southeastern South Dakota, and southwestern Minnesota. Donating blood is a short process that will change a patient’s outlook quickly. When a person chooses to give blood, they potentially will save up to three lives. The blood is separated into components of platelets, plasma, and red blood cells. Each component has the potential to be transfused to a local patient requiring one of the specific product. Trauma patients will use up to 50 blood components throughout their healing process, a heart surgery patients will use up to 6 units of blood, and a cancer patients could use up to 100 units of blood through their treatment. Volunteer blood donors can donate blood every 56 days and provide hope 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Be a volunteer that rolls up your sleeve and impact community patients.
Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with a signed parent consent form found at www.cbblifeblood.org), weigh 110 lbs or more and be in good general health the day of the donation. Please bring an I.D. It is recommended that a person eat and drink plenty of fluid prior to donating. For additional information call Community Blood Bank at (605) 331-3222. Community Blood Banks is a nonprofit, cooperative of Sanford Medical Center and Avera McKennan Hospital. Community Blood Bank is not associated with any other blood bank organizations.
