Cheers to 50 Years!

community events

See below and join us in celebrating 50 years of saving lives at our area locations. 

DECEMBER 12: 11am - 1pm - Arnold, MO
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DECEMBER 17: 11:30am - 12:30pm - Urbana, IL
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50 Year Celebrations

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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We had the best time celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives in the Quad-Cities! Friends from across the community stopped by our headquarters to join the party, including our Board of Directors, former Board chairs, Blood Center retirees, community leaders, blood recipients and their families, and our awesome staff!
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  We celebrated 50 Years of saving lives at our Crestwood location! Thank you to our donors who make all of this possible. Without your willingness to save lives, we are nothing.
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  We celebrated 50 Years of saving lives at our Crestwood location! Thank you to our donors who make all of this possible. Without your willingness to save lives, we are nothing.
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  We celebrated 50 Years of saving lives at our Crestwood location! Thank you to our donors who make all of this possible. Without your willingness to save lives, we are nothing.
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  We celebrated 50 Years of saving lives at our Crestwood location! Thank you to our donors who make all of this possible. Without your willingness to save lives, we are nothing.
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  The Mahaska Diplomats and special guests had the pleasure of helping ImpactLife celebrate their 50th anniversary on Friday, October 25 Penn Central Mall.
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  The Mahaska Diplomats and special guests had the pleasure of helping ImpactLife celebrate their 50th anniversary on Friday, October 25 Penn Central Mall.
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  More cheers for fifty years! Today we celebrated our 50th Anniversary with the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Dendreon, one of our partners in advancing medicine.
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  More cheers for fifty years! Today we celebrated our 50th Anniversary with the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Dendreon, one of our partners in advancing medicine.
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  More cheers for fifty years! Today we celebrated our 50th Anniversary with the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Dendreon, one of our partners in advancing medicine.
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  More cheers for fifty years! Today we celebrated our 50th Anniversary with the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Dendreon, one of our partners in advancing medicine.
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  We celebrated 50 years of saving lives with a ribbon cutting at our St. Peter's Donor Center! We give thanks to all the donors who helped save lives to make this event possible. Also, would love to shoutout the St. Charles Regional Chamber & St. Louis Ambush Soccer for being a part of this amazing event! Here's to many years of making a change together!
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  We celebrated 50 years of saving lives with a ribbon cutting at our St. Peter's Donor Center! We give thanks to all the donors who helped save lives to make this event possible. Also, would love to shoutout the St. Charles Regional Chamber & St. Louis Ambush Soccer for being a part of this amazing event! Here's to many years of making a change together!
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  We celebrated 50 years of saving lives with a ribbon cutting at our St. Peter's Donor Center! We give thanks to all the donors who helped save lives to make this event possible. Also, would love to shoutout the St. Charles Regional Chamber & St. Louis Ambush Soccer for being a part of this amazing event! Here's to many years of making a change together!
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  So many cheers for fifty years that we celebrated TWICE in Madison with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and the Middleton Chamber of Commerce! Thanks to our guest speakers Dr. Ryan Holden from SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Janesville, Gale Hoerz, and Jake Will! Each of them shared their own connection to blood donation and how we're all better when we work together
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  So many cheers for fifty years that we celebrated TWICE in Madison with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and the Middleton Chamber of Commerce! Thanks to our guest speakers Dr. Ryan Holden from SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Janesville, Gale Hoerz, and Jake Will! Each of them shared their own connection to blood donation and how we're all better when we work together
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  So many cheers for fifty years that we celebrated TWICE in Madison with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and the Middleton Chamber of Commerce! Thanks to our guest speakers Dr. Ryan Holden from SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Janesville, Gale Hoerz, and Jake Will! Each of them shared their own connection to blood donation and how we're all better when we work together
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  So many cheers for fifty years that we celebrated TWICE in Madison with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and the Middleton Chamber of Commerce! Thanks to our guest speakers Dr. Ryan Holden from SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Janesville, Gale Hoerz, and Jake Will! Each of them shared their own connection to blood donation and how we're all better when we work together
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  So many cheers for fifty years that we celebrated TWICE in Madison with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and the Middleton Chamber of Commerce! Thanks to our guest speakers Dr. Ryan Holden from SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - Janesville, Gale Hoerz, and Jake Will! Each of them shared their own connection to blood donation and how we're all better when we work together
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  August 29: We celebrated 50 years of saving lives with a special ribbon cutting and open house at our Fairview Heights Donor Center. A huge thank you to all the lifesaving donors who made this incredible journey possible and our amazing partners who joined us in the celebration. Here’s to many more years of making a difference together!
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  August 29: We celebrated 50 years of saving lives with a special ribbon cutting and open house at our Fairview Heights Donor Center. A huge thank you to all the lifesaving donors who made this incredible journey possible and our amazing partners who joined us in the celebration. Here’s to many more years of making a difference together!
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  August 29: We celebrated 50 years of saving lives with a special ribbon cutting and open house at our Fairview Heights Donor Center. A huge thank you to all the lifesaving donors who made this incredible journey possible and our amazing partners who joined us in the celebration. Here’s to many more years of making a difference together!
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  August 22: More cheers to 50 years! We loved celebrating our 50th anniversary with a whole bunch of friends from the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce and business community. In fact, the representative from the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce, Sully Sullivan, gave his remarks while donating blood! Now that is some commitment!
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  August 22: More cheers to 50 years! We loved celebrating our 50th anniversary with a whole bunch of friends from the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce and business community. In fact, the representative from the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce, Sully Sullivan, gave his remarks while donating blood! Now that is some commitment!
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  August 22: More cheers to 50 years! We loved celebrating our 50th anniversary with a whole bunch of friends from the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce and business community. In fact, the representative from the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce, Sully Sullivan, gave his remarks while donating blood! Now that is some commitment!
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  August 21: Celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives at our Mattoon, IL Donor Center!
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  August 21: Celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives at our Mattoon, IL Donor Center!
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  August 21: Celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives at our Mattoon, IL Donor Center! Dedicated Blood Donor, David Nelson Myers has also been donating since 1974!
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  Celebrating 50 Years of Blood Donations for Local and Area Patients in Need In Danville, IL
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  July 23: 50 years of saving lives in Springfield! We celebrated our birthday with a ribbon cutting and open house. Thank you to all the donors who have made this milestone possible and our The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce partners for celebrating with us.
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  July 23: 50 years of saving lives in Springfield! We celebrated our birthday with a ribbon cutting and open house. Thank you to all the donors who have made this milestone possible and our The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce partners for celebrating with us.
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  July 23: 50 years of saving lives in Springfield! We celebrated our birthday with a ribbon cutting and open house. Thank you to all the donors who have made this milestone possible and our The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce partners for celebrating with us.
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  July 23: 50 years of saving lives in Springfield! We celebrated our birthday with a ribbon cutting and open house. Thank you to all the donors who have made this milestone possible and our The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce partners for celebrating with us.
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  July 16: We came together at our Peoria donor center to have a 50 Year Celebration ribbon cutting. Thanks to the support of the Peoria community, we will continue to change the world together.
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  July 16: We came together at our Peoria donor center to have a 50 Year Celebration ribbon cutting. Thanks to the support of the Peoria community, we will continue to change the world together.
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  July 9: Thank you to the Decatur Illinois - City Government and Decatur Regional Chamber of Commerce in congratulating us on 50 years!
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  July 9: Thank you to the Decatur Illinois - City Government and Decatur Regional Chamber of Commerce in congratulating us on 50 years!
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  July 3: The Ambassadors held a ribbon-cutting recently to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ImpactLife. They've been saving local lives for 50 years and Kirby & Maureen were on hand for this blood drive at the Quincy Place Mall. It was also sponsored by Bubba-Q’s - Ottumwa and Ottumwa Radio Group.
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  July 3: The Ambassadors held a ribbon-cutting recently to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ImpactLife. They've been saving local lives for 50 years and Kirby & Maureen were on hand for this blood drive at the Quincy Place Mall. It was also sponsored by Bubba-Q’s - Ottumwa and Ottumwa Radio Group.
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  May 28: We looked around for the biggest pair of scissors we could find, but didn't have any luck. So we called our friends at the Greater Burlington Partnership to team up for a ribbon-cutting event, celebrating our 50th birthday!
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  May 28: We looked around for the biggest pair of scissors we could find, but didn't have any luck. So we called our friends at the Greater Burlington Partnership to team up for a ribbon-cutting event, celebrating our 50th birthday!
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  May 28: We looked around for the biggest pair of scissors we could find, but didn't have any luck. So we called our friends at the Greater Burlington Partnership to team up for a ribbon-cutting event, celebrating our 50th birthday!

Lucy, an ImpactLife employee inspired by patient stories, wrote this song to celebrate our 50th birthday. Thank you for sharing your talent, Lucy!

we're golden!

Announcing 50th Anniversary

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Longtime Employee Quotes

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  What motivates me to come to work every day is our mission and working with the amazing staff and volunteers that help to make a difference.
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  I have seen the impact that blood products have on patients, including my sister.
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  The way the community came together after 9/11 was overwhelming. There were so many willing to help
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  Hearing donor stories whose loved ones have needed blood makes you realize how powerful the work is that we do.
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  I really believe in our mission and the services we provide. I have made a lot of lifetime friends working here that are past employees or still working here.
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  Change is constant in this industry. What worked years ago has to be put to the side and you learn to adapt to the new.
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  I love being part of a great organization, being involved with so many people passionate about making a difference.
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  When my grandpa was diagnosed with leukemia, blood donation extended his life. My dad made donating an important part of his life and when I saw the job opening, I couldn't resist applying.
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  Thinking of all the people in need of lifesaving blood keeps me coming to work.

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