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Health And Fitness
Give of Yourself this March: Be a Volunteer
In the month of March, LifeServe Blood Center is recognizing our volunteer chairpeople who selflessly give of their time to make sure our mobile blood drives are successful. They work to secure locations for drives to be held; recruit volunteers to assist with set up, registration, canteen, and tear down; and to recruit volunteer blood donors. According to volunteer statistics, in 2024, more than 970 million individuals around the world participated in some form of volunteer work, which represents about 12.
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM)
Did you know that 1 in 3 teens in the U.S. will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in their relationship before they become adults?It’s a reality we can’t ignore.This month is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM), a nationwide effort to raise awareness and empower teens and young adults with knowledge, support, and resources to stop dating abuse before it starts.
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Lifeserve Blood Center recognizes the volunteers in March
This March, LifeServe Blood Center celebrates our volunteer chairpeople who are instrumental in the success of the blood drives we have with businesses, churches, schools, and other organizations in the communities we serve. Without these individuals, blood drives would not have a location to be held, donors registered on the schedule, or volunteers recruited to assist with registration and canteen. Schedule a blood donation for March 28 at Virginia Gay Hospital
It takes less than one hour to donate
blood and in that one hour, blood donors will do more than most will do in a lifetime – they will
save lives. Just one blood donation will help save the lives of up to three different hospital
patients in your community.
Every two seconds, someone in our country needs blood. You can pay it forward by giving a
lifesaving donation and be a community hero.
Nominations open for UI Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital Kid Captain
Do you know a child with an inspiring story of courage and resilience? The University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes are now accepting nominations for the 2024 Kid Captain program.Since its launch in 2009, the Kid Captain program has highlighted the remarkable journeys of young patients, celebrating their strength and determination.
Hawkeye Community College and Des Moines University Partner for Iowa’s Health
Des Moines University Medicine and Hawkeye Community College’s Health Sciences have formed an alliance to increase medicine and health sciences education in the state of Iowa. The partnership with Hawkeye Community College, located in Waterloo, Iowa, will provide a more streamlined pathway for students interested in occupational therapy to train and practice.
Cybersecurity attack affects community-based blood centers
In response to the devastating cybersecurity attack on
New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) who has neighboring community-based blood centers
in Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin, LifeServe Blood Center is providing
urgent assistance. These blood centers have faced significant challenges in collecting blood after a
ransomware attack severely disrupted their operations.
Public Health Leaders Call for RSV Protection Awareness
This month, Virginia Gay Hospital is joining forces with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) to raise awareness about the risks of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and encourage Iowans to talk with their healthcare providers about vaccines available to protect against serious illness. Each year, RSV leads to thousands of emergency department visits and hospitalizations, particularly among infants, young children, older adults and individuals with weakened immune systems.
BLOOD DONORS ARE COMMUNITY HEROES
It takes less than one hour to donate
blood and in that one hour, blood donors will do more than most will do in a lifetime – they will
save lives. Just one blood donation will help save the lives of up to three different hospital
patients in your community.
Every two seconds, someone in our country needs blood. You can pay it forward by giving a
lifesaving donation and be a community hero.
Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab, LLC Receives 2025 Customer Experience Award
Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab is thrilled to announce that it has received a 2025 Customer Experience Award from Activated Insights, formerly Pinnacle Quality Insight, the leading provider of training, recruitment, retention, experience management and recognition tools to improve and grow long-term and post-acute care organizations. This recognizes VG Nursing & Rehab’s outstanding performance and solidifies their position in the top echelon of care providers nationwide.
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