Published by Kirby Winn on Monday, November 13, 2023 in News Releases
(Earth City) -- ImpactLife is celebrating its expansion into Arnold, Missouri with a ribbon-cutting event for its new Arnold Donor Center on Tuesday, November 14. Officials with ImpactLife and the Arnold Chamber of Commerce will join local staff and blood donors at Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting, which will feature remarks on the blood supply, information on blood donation, and a light lunch.?
ImpactLife Open House & Ribbon-Cutting
1726 Missouri State Rd., Arnold, Missouri
Tuesday, Nov. 14; Doors open at 11:30, Ribbon-cutting at Noon
Hours of operation for the new Donor Center are as follows:
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fridays: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturdays: 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sundays: 7 - 11 a.m.
To schedule an appointment for blood donation, call (800) 747-5401 or schedule online at www.bloodcenter.org, or via the ImpactLife mobile app (www.bloodcenter.org/app).?
The Arnold Donor Center features private rooms for pre-donation screening, donation chairs for whole blood, double red cell, and platelet donations, and an area where donors can enjoy post-donation refreshments. Design and construction of the interior space was completed by the St. Louis Office of Russell Construction.
About ImpactLife: proudly serving the greater Arnold community and St. Louis region
ImpactLife provides blood products to more than?120 hospitals and emergency medical services providers, including?Mercy Hospital South?(St. Louis),?Mercy Hospital Jefferson?(Crystal City) and?SSM Health St Clare Hospital?(Fenton). ImpactLife provides approximately 40% of blood components used in patient transfusions in the St. Louis region. The blood center serves SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, as well as Hospital Sisters Health System, St. Luke’s Hospital (Chesterfield) and St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital, and is the primary external supplemental provider to Mercy Hospital St. Louis. For a complete list of hospitals served by ImpactLife and a map of the blood center’s service region, see www.bloodcenter.org/hospitals.
Volunteer donors are invited to schedule appointments at ImpactLife Donor Center locations in Crestwood and Saint Peters, Missouri, and Fairview Heights, Illinois or at one of more than 100 blood drives the blood center holds on a monthly basis. ImpactLife employs more than 150 staff in the St. Louis region who work out of the blood center’s regional operations hub, laboratory, and product distribution center in Earth City.
For more information, find us @impactlifeblood on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube or see www.bloodcenter.org.
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