Blood Drive

Farmers Bank Staff is Helping Save Lives! You Can Too!

Your donation with LifeServe will help save your neighbor, a friend, family member or a stranger in your own community! Only blood collected by LifeServe Blood Center is provided to our local hospitals.

LifeServe Blood Drive

Drive Date: November 1, 2024

Drive Times: 12:00pm to 4:00pm

To schedule your appointment:

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Here are some helpful tips to prepare for your donation:

Drink plenty of fluids the night before and leading up to your donation - hydration is key to a positive experience.
Eat a good meal - do not donate on an empty stomach.
Incorporate a bit more salt in your meals and snacks on the day of your donation
Get plenty of rest prior to your donation.

What to expect the day of your donation:

Registration. Donors will provide their information, signed Parental/guardian permission form if necessary, and identification.
History Screening. Donors will complete a series of health and lifestyle questions and receive a mini-physical to check temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and hemoglobin level. These health questions can be answered prior to your donation through LifeServe’s online portal called QuickPass: https://www.lifeservebloodcenter.org/donate-blood/quickpass/
Donation. Collecting a unit of blood - about one pint - takes approximately 5-10 minutes. Donors may feel a slight pinch for a few seconds, but that is it!
Snacks. After the donation, donors will rest in the snack area and enjoy refreshments.

Here are some common deferrals or why someone might not attempt to donate:

Low Iron: We need your Iron to be between 12.5 for women and 13.0 and 19.0: this can one of the biggest deferrals. The best thing you can do is to eat iron-rich foods in the week leading up to the blood drive. Some good sources of iron are: Red Meat, Liver, Eggs, Spinach, Lentils, Tofu, Dark Chocolate, Quinoa, Green Leafy Vegetable, Broccoli, Chickpeas, Beans, Fish, and Raisins.
Tattoos and Piercings: If you got a tattoo/piercing you can still donate. They had to be done in a licensed facility and if it was done in Iowa or any surrounding states it is good to go. You can get a tattoo the day of your donation and still donate.
Travel: Anyone who travels into an area that has Malaria, it is a three-month deferral. The three months starts the last day you were in the area. There is still a deferral, even if you had malaria treatment before your travel.
Cancer: You just must have your treatment completed for one year to be eligible.
Shots and Vaccines: the most common are Flu shot, which is okay to donate. Shingles shot is ok as long as you get one of the two series.