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Blood drive set Feb. 25 at OSF St. Elizabeth in Ottawa

ImpactLife provides blood to more than 100 hospitals

By Derek Barichello
A firefighter donates blood during the third annual Jake Keltner Memorial Blue Blood Drive on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at the Sage YMCA. McHenry County sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner was killed in the line of duty serving an arrest warrant in March 2019 in Rockford. All 230 appointments to donate blood were filled this year.

The blood drive will be from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, inside Meeting Room 1 at 1100 E. Norris Drive. (Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media/Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media )

OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals.

The blood drive will be from 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, inside Meeting Room 1 at 1100 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa.

To donate, contact ImpactLife Peoria at 800-747‑5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 3562 to locate the drive.

Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental permission form available through www.bloodcenter.org) and weigh more than 110 pounds. A photo ID is required to donate. For questions about eligibility, call ImpactLife at 800-747‑5401. Donors who last gave blood on or before Dec. 31 are eligible to give at this drive.

Blood donation is a safe, simple procedure that takes about 45 minutes to one hour, OSF said in a news release. Individuals with diabetes or controlled high blood pressure may be accepted as eligible donors.

ImpactLife is a nonprofit community organization providing blood products and services to more than 100 hospitals and emergency medical service providers in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin, as well as researchers and resource sharing partners across the country.

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