Missouri-Illinois
March 24, 2011
Perry County Memorial Hospital ReachesGold Level Achievement in the American Red Cross’
Champions for Life Program
February 9, 2011
RECOVERY 2011: Local Red Cross calling for donors to help blood supply recover from effects of severe winter weather
St. Louis, MO, February 9, 2011- With this latest round of severe winter storms, the Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region has been forced to cancel 83 blood drives...
February 3, 2011
St. Louis, Wednesday, February 2, 2011--The American Red Cross is on the ground in 19 states, offering food, comfort and a safe place to stay to people affected by the massive winter storm which has buried the country in ice and snow from the Rocky Mountains to Maine.
February 1, 2011
Blankets of ice, and falling sleet and snow prevent blood donations. The Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region estimates almost 800 pints of blood will not be collected today due to cancelled blood drives and donors’ inability to travel. This on top of a local loss...
January 27, 2011
Winter storms cause more blood drive cancellations
The latest winter storm on the East Coast is causing more blood drive cancellations and the American Red Cross is urging people in unaffected areas of the country to schedule a blood donation in the coming days.
January 27, 2011
Red Cross Urges People to Give Blood
Winter storms cause more blood drive cancellations
January 27, 2011 — The latest winter storm on the East Coast is causing more blood drive cancellations and the American Red Cross is urging people in unaffected areas of the country to schedule a...
January 26, 2011
KIRKWOOD, Mo. – Benjamin “Pounder” Schrieber put up a strong fight against a rare disease called Fanconi Anemia before losing his life at just 17 months in 2009.
January 24, 2011
Call is issued for all eligible donors to help replenish decreasing supply
Severe winter weather throughout much of the eastern half of the United States in recent weeks has caused the cancellation of more than 14,000 blood and platelet donations through the American Red Cross, 1,476 of which were...
January 20, 2011
Continuing Winter Storms Force
Cancellations of Red Cross Blood Drives
(St. Louis, MO, January 20, 2011)
January 13, 2011
This week’s winter storm has forced the cancellation of hundreds of American Red Cross blood drives along the eastern seaboard, causing a shortfall of more than 8,000 blood donations in the southeast and northeast corners of the country.
