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1 CITY OF RIVERSIDE
City Council Meeting – May 17, 2022
About LifeStream
• Nonprofit blood bank located in the
Inland Empire for over 70 years.
• Our mission is to help save lives by
connecting donors and patients
through the gift of blood.
• More than 80 hospital partners in 6
counties.
• 500 donations/day needed to meet
hospital demand.
• Conducts about 1,600 mobile blood
drives annually.
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Ongoing critical blood shortage
• Most serious blood shortage in history. Many
hospitals have no blood on their shelves.
• Less than one-day’s supply of O+/- on hand for
our service area, which includes Riverside.
• Anything less than a total two-day supply is
categorized as critical.
• Patient care is at severe risk.
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3 How much blood is needed?
• Every 2 seconds, someone in
the U.S. needs blood.
• 1 in 7 people entering the
hospital will need a blood
transfusion.
• 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men in
the U.S. will develop cancer
within their lifetime.
• Platelets are especially
needed by cancer patients.
LifeStream collections vs hospital usage
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4 Riverside Blood Drives
• Running since 2019
• 3,379/148 drives (2021)
• Goal for Riverside in 2022: 4,000 pints!
• Add blood collection to your disaster preparedness plan. • Promote blood donation at the city level, with employers, and other service organizations.
• Host special City sponsored blood drives and partner with LifeStream for fun prizes and other special donor recognition.
• We need the City’s help to promote! https://www.lstream.org Contact us
• To make an appointment to donate blood at a LifeStream donor center, mobile blood drive, or to host a blood drive call 800-TRY-GIVING or visit Lstream.org.
• Contact your dedicated Regional Account Manager –
Jorge Perez at 909-677-7733 or [email protected]
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THANK YOU!
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