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The Community Blood Center (CBC) is asking fully recovered COVID-19 patients to be a part of the solution to the global pandemic and donate their plasma. Plasma is a component of blood that CBC regularly collects from volunteer donors. Convalescent [read more...]

Nationally, blood centers have seen more than 4,000 blood drives cancelled, resulting in some 130,000 fewer blood donations due to coronavirus concerns.

The Community Blood Center urges all healthy and eligible donors to make and keep donation appointments to ensure a reliable blood supply is available for patients who count on transfusions for treatments – those needed today and into the future. [read more...]

We often speak of the connection that exists between blood donors and blood recipients; the mission of “Connecting Lives, Sharing Life,” after all, is at the heart of The Community Blood Center. In the case of Quintin Knutzen and his [read more...]

Imagine that someone you love is involved in an accident and needs blood as part of his or her recovery. When time is of the essence, how is it determined what type of blood they will receive?

The Community Blood Center (CBC) is proud to announce that we have expanded our partnership with ThedaCare to include ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano and are now the sole supplier of blood products transfused to Shawano, Wis.-area patients at this hospital!

All presenting donors between Dec. 19 and Jan. 14 receive a long-sleeve CBC t-shirt It’s the season of giving! And there is no greater gift than to give about an hour of your time to help a patient in need—to [read more...]

Around the time that Sam, shown here, was first entering high school, his grandfather experienced a car accident. Over the course of several surgeries during the ensuing recovery, Sam’s grandfather needed multiple blood transfusions. Months later, when The Community Blood [read more...]

During the summer months, collecting blood donations can be challenging for organizations such as The Community Blood Center. So, where are we to turn to help alleviate these concerns?