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January 1, 2012
While Governor Dave Heineman has joined other governors from across the nation in proclaiming January as National Blood Donor Month, the Nebraska Community Blood Bank (NCBB) has issued an urgent appeal for blood donors. All blood types are...
September 9, 2011
Show your Husker spirit!
Celebrate the Huskers' first season in the Big Ten conference with the NCBB's exclusive "True Legends" shirt! In a conference full of Legends and Leaders, the NCBB knows there's no place like Nebraska and no better...
April 4, 2011
NCBB would like to acknowledge the following new members of the Lifetime Achievement Club (those who have donated more than 25 gallons of blood products):
Kathleen Anstine
Seth Crawford
Douglas Delhay
Michael Dougherty
Dale Filipi
Anne Harvey...
April 4, 2011
The fifth annual "Pints for Pounds" campaign was a success! March 16-31, 2011, NCBB teamed up with Russ’s Market and Del Monte Foods to save lives, while also providing food for the Food Bank of Lincoln.
For every pint of blood donated at any NCBB...
April 4, 2011
The Nebraska Community Blood Bank is asking for your help. The supply of O negative, A negative and B blood types are all at dangerously low levels.
It is important to maintain a sufficient supply of each blood type, especially O negative since it...
March 3, 2011
Every family has its traditions and for Arnold and Marlene Schroeder, it is about helping others. It all started nearly 20 years ago with one man, Arnold, donating at a church blood drive. Now, 20 years later, the tradition has grown into a...
February 2, 2011
The Need is real. The Need is now.
This week, the blood supply for the community has reached dangerously low levels due to high usage combined with winter weather that has prevented donors from coming to donate. O negative is the most needed...
January 1, 2011
State of Nebraska Proclamation
WHEREAS, Blood Donors are the foundation for providing safe blood products and meeting the medical needs of patients nationwide, and their donation is the difference between life and death in most instances; and...
December 12, 2010
Carl Mesecher, is using his 44th birthday to highlight the need for blood this time of year. Mesecher is asking friends, family and co-workers to join him at the Nebraska Community Blood Bank (NCBB), 100 N. 84th St., to donate blood.
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November 11, 2010
Like the circle of life, the spirit of giving keeps going and going.
In 2005, a grandmother gave her blood so a tiny infant could live. That infant's father recently gave something of himself so another could live.
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