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Quilt Commemorates 96 Gallons of Blood Donated
On a balmy autumn day, Doug Dewaele drove the 45 minutes from rural Iowa to Omaha, Nebraska, to give blood, as he’d done for years....
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Recent Graduate and Family Grateful for Blood Donation
By Aerial Woods Meet Trey Anderson, a Midwesterner who is all too familiar with medical practices and procedures. At the early age of 4,...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jun 13
- 3 min
“Blood donations save lives. It saved my life. It saved my children’s lives.”
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Trish Robinson is one of the 100,000 Americans who have sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease distorts soft...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 16
- 2 min
Family to Host Community Blood and Toy Drive
By Chris Overman Five-year-old Adeline Lovell of Clear Lake and her family will “pay it forward” at an upcoming American Red Cross...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Blood Donor's Life Saved By Blood Donations
By Chris Overman For over 50 years, come rain, shine, sleet or harvest, Steve Harms has been there to give when the bloodmobile arrives...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Blood Brothers at Iowa State
Gannon and Jack White are brothers, and the two of them share a lot. Both are marketing majors at Iowa State. They have similar eyes and...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Giving Blood is a Family Affair
The Jones’ family ties to blood donation with the American Red Cross run deep. Jeanne, a member of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Chapter...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
45 Years of Helping to Save Lives
The first time Kathy Iske attended a blood drive was in 1977. It was the first blood drive hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary 216 in...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
Iowa State Comes Together to Give Blood
The energy and sense of community was palpable at the Iowa State University Memorial Union this week as students, faculty and staff came...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
Five Reasons to be a Blood Donor Ambassador
Did you know that volunteers are critical to the success of blood drives? These volunteers are Blood Donor Ambassadors. They check people...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
College Student Fights Misconceptions about Sickle Cell Disease
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca In 2020, Nebraska-born Daija Jones went viral on TikTok. It wasn’t for mastering the latest dance trend, but...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
Nice to Meet You: Lisa Gallentine
Have you ever wondered how blood drives and Red Cross blood collections operations work? Success is largely dependent on teams of people...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
At 91, Iowa Volunteer Always Answers the Call
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Virginia Shimpach of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is someone you can depend on. She shows up 15 minutes early to every...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Whitney Joachim
Whitney is one of our staff members that works tirelessly for our biomedical program. Her work ensures that hospitals are supplied with...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min
Iowa State Community Committed to Saving Lives Through Blood Donation
It began about ten years ago with a desire to save lives. Now the Iowa State University Blood Drive brings students, businesses and...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Nov 16, 2021
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Amanda Wehnes
Amanda Wehnes is a biomed account manager, which means she plays a critcal role in blood collection in the North Platte, Nebraska area....
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Hope For Abe In Every Unit Of Blood
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Like most 6-year-olds, Abe Kuhnert-Hill loves pizza, ice cream and his stuffed Pikachu, which he carries...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
Leaders Save Lives
By Aerial Woods Calling all students! Have you found yourself wanting to do something more to help during these trying times? Here at the...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
Severe Blood Shortage: Donors needed now to address delays in patient care
The American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage as the number of trauma cases, organ transplants and elective surgeries...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
Platelets add vital punches in the battle to knock out cancer
By Tiffany Crouse Every two weeks Amberley Proctor RN, BSN makes a life-saving platelet donation. Amberley is a Clinical Research Nurse...
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