This holiday season, LifeServe Blood Center is urging families in South Dakota to come together and create a new and meaningful tradition: donating blood as a family to save lives in their communities. LifeServe Blood Center is the lifeline for more than 160 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Hospitals in your community have chosen LifeServe as their sole provider of blood and blood products, meaning that when you donate blood with LifeServe, you can save lives in your neighborhood. As a community-based blood center, LifeServe only hosts blood drives in the communities where that blood will go back into the area hospitals. As we enter the winter months, inclement weather, holidays, and travel can keep donors from coming in to donate. Tragedy can strike at a moment’s notice, especially amidst winter weather. “You never know when you, your neighbor, a family member, or a friend may need a lifesaving blood transfusion; and when they do, those blood products will come from blood donors who give with LifeServe Blood Center.” shared Shay Willis, Director of PR & Marketing. LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in Avon November 21st, and had a GREAT turnout! 12 donors were able to donate and 14 units of life saving blood were collected! Thank you to every donor who participated in the drive and helped to boost the LOCAL blood supply! The units donated at the blood drive can help save up to 42 lives! We also celebrate the following donor who hit a milestone with his most recent donation: 08 GALLONEER KENNETH POWERS Special thanks to Dave and Sandy Brandt for coordinating the blood drive. Additional gratitude to the Zion Lutheran Church for the use of the site. We could not help patients in our 160+ hospitals, without communities like Avon and your amazing volunteers and donors! The next Avon Community blood drive will be held Tuesday, January 23 at Zion Lutheran Church from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. To schedule an appointment click: https://donor.lifeservebloodcenter.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/178781 Thanks to everyone who came out to show their support. Be sure to text ‘LIFESERVE’ to 999-777 to make your next appointment and we look forward to seeing you next time!