By Benjamin Cox on May 4, 2021 at 12:30pm
Central Illinois Community Blood Center, Community Blood Services of Illinois, and Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center have all been united under a name change announced yesterday.
The 3 entities will now all collectively be known as ImpactLife. CEO Mike Parejko says it’s the culmination of a decades-long wish to re-brand the group under one umbrella: “Most may not know it, but over the past 10 years, we have operated under three different names: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center here in Davenport, Iowa; Central Illinois Community Blood Center out of our Springfield, Illinois location; the Community Blood Services of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The previous names came as a result of mergers in 2010 and 2011, which gave us three different identities. Today, we mark a milestone with the launch of our new name and brand. The new name unifies all of us – our team, our blood donors, our volunteers, and our s