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Eternally grateful for donated blood
By Janet Flanagan Tom Hildebrand is “eternally grateful” for people who donate blood. He’s alive today because of them and will soon mark...
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NEIA Red Cross
Jun 202 min read
Nice to Meet You: Nicole Miller
The American Red Cross collects 40 percent of the nation's blood supply. This means that volunteers across the country need to roll up...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 152 min read
A Legacy Worth Leaving: Wanda's Experience as a Red Crosser
By Chris Overman Wanda Samson’s commitment to helping others originates through her experiences growing up on a farm and in the schools,...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 131 min read
Fremont (NE) High School student wins Red Cross scholarship
By Ellen Heddendorf Katie Proskovec of Fremont, Nebraska, helped save lives by hosting an American Red Cross blood drive and earned a...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 73 min read
Volunteer Travels to the Ends of the Earth to Tell the Stories of Those Impacted by Disasters
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca “I’m a storyteller. When I’m deployed, I tell the stories of families who are impacted by national disasters,”...
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NEIA Red Cross
Feb 292 min read
Join the Red Cross Month Celebration
This week, the American Red Cross Nebraska-Iowa Region is kicking off its annual Red Cross Month celebration in March to honor local...
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Jan 131 min read
Don't wait. Donate.
As snow and freezing temperatures blanket the Midwest, the Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. The nation faces the...
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NEIA Red Cross
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Student Leaders Save Lives, Earn Scholarships
Wyatt Ludemann, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, and Paxton Mitties, of North Bend, Nebraska helped save lives by hosting American Red Cross blood...
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NEIA Red Cross
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Blood Donations Help 8-year-old Aubrey Kick Cancer
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Aubrey Greiner of Glenwood, Iowa, is 8 and passionate about sports. She started soccer at just 3, moving onto...
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NEIA Red Cross
Oct 26, 20231 min read
Quilt Commemorates 96 Gallons of Blood Donated
On a balmy autumn day, Doug Dewaele drove the 45 minutes from rural Iowa to Omaha, Nebraska, to give blood, as he’d done for years....
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NEIA Red Cross
Jul 27, 20232 min read
Recent Graduate and Family Grateful for Blood Donation
By Aerial Woods Meet Trey Anderson, a Midwesterner who is all too familiar with medical practices and procedures. At the early age of 4,...
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NEIA Red Cross
Jun 13, 20233 min read
“Blood donations save lives. It saved my life. It saved my children’s lives.”
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Trish Robinson is one of the 100,000 Americans who have sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease distorts soft...
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NEIA Red Cross
May 16, 20232 min read
Family to Host Community Blood and Toy Drive
By Chris Overman Five-year-old Adeline Lovell of Clear Lake and her family will “pay it forward” at an upcoming American Red Cross...
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NEIA Red Cross
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Blood Donor's Life Saved By Blood Donations
By Chris Overman For over 50 years, come rain, shine, sleet or harvest, Steve Harms has been there to give when the bloodmobile arrives...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 11, 20232 min read
Blood Brothers at Iowa State
Gannon and Jack White are brothers, and the two of them share a lot. Both are marketing majors at Iowa State. They have similar eyes and...
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NEIA Red Cross
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Giving Blood is a Family Affair
The Jones’ family ties to blood donation with the American Red Cross run deep. Jeanne, a member of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Chapter...
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NEIA Red Cross
Nov 15, 20222 min read
45 Years of Helping to Save Lives
The first time Kathy Iske attended a blood drive was in 1977. It was the first blood drive hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary 216 in...
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NEIA Red Cross
Oct 7, 20222 min read
Iowa State Comes Together to Give Blood
The energy and sense of community was palpable at the Iowa State University Memorial Union this week as students, faculty and staff came...
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NEIA Red Cross
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Five Reasons to be a Blood Donor Ambassador
Did you know that volunteers are critical to the success of blood drives? These volunteers are Blood Donor Ambassadors. They check people...
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NEIA Red Cross
Sep 20, 20223 min read
College Student Fights Misconceptions about Sickle Cell Disease
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca In 2020, Nebraska-born Daija Jones went viral on TikTok. It wasn’t for mastering the latest dance trend, but...
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