Northwest Iowa — January is National Blood Donor Month, and the Siouxland Community Blood Bank is in need of donations.
Ken Versteeg is the Executive Director of the Siouxland Community Blood Bank, the organization that is the sole supplier of blood and blood products to our area hospitals. He says they’ve been seeing a decrease in donations.
He cites some of the reasons for the recent decline in blood donations.
Versteeg says some blood types are in particularly short supply.
He tells us there are some requirements for donating blood.
If you’d like more information, or to see where the Siouxland Community Bloodbank Bloodmobile will be accepting donations, visit cbblifeblood.org.
Versteeg says that while they’re seeing a drop in donations, the demand for blood is still there.
