History of blood bankingEarly 1970s• Hospitals accepted both paid and volunteer blood donors

• Recipients frequently developed hepatitis following transfusions

• Correlation made between paid donors and one or more positive test results for hepatitis

Mid 1970s• FDA instituted a new rule – blood from paid donors needed to be

labeled accordingly

• Many hospitals no longer wanted blood from paid donors

Four local hospitals in Gainesville, Fla. searched for a community blood bank to recruit volunteer blood donors.

LifeSouth established in 1974

• 12 Civitan Service Club members personally signed the note for $50,000 to start a blood center

• Civitan Regional Blood Center was born

• Collected 7000 units in the first year with 15 employees

*Philip H. Baker Clayton A. Bird

*Reeves H. Byrd, Jr. Neil A. Butler

Conrad Dutton William H. Gardner Thomas H. Glenn Ralph Grams, MD Theodore C. Hayes

*John Mallory Homer A. Paschall

K. Kendall Pierson, MD*Donald F. Rothwell

*Everett Scroggie, Jr. Carter P. Seymour J. Edward Singley

Nelson Smith Richard T. Smith, MD

*Still in Gainesville

LifeSouth in the1980s1980 – Suwanee Valley Region opened in Lake City, serving Gainesville hospitals

1983 – Citrus Region opened, serving Seven Rivers Hospital and Citrus Memorial

1987 – Hernando Region opened in Brooksville, serving HCA Oak Hill Hospital and Lykes Memorial

1993 – The Putnam Region

opened, serving Putnam Community Hospital

1994 – Birmingham Region opened at the request of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center and the Birmingham VA Medical Center

1995 – Greater Atlanta Region

opened, serving Georgia Baptist Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital

LifeSouth in the1990s

1995 – East Alabama Region

opened in Opelika, Ala.

1997 – Northeast Georgia Region opened in Gainesville, Ga.

1998 – South Alabama Region opened in Montgomery, Ala., serving Jackson Hospital

– LifeCord began in partnership with Shands to collect cord blood

1999 – Westside Baptist Church on Newberry Road in Gainesville, Fla. purchased for $2.1 M for corporate headquarters

1990s continues with growth

2001 – LifeCord sent first cord

blood unit for transplant

2002 – North Alabama Region in Huntsville, Ala. opened, serving Huntsville Hospital, Decatur General Hospital, Shoals Hospital, Marshall Medical Center, Parkway Medical Center, Hartselle Medical Center and Baptist Lawrence Medical Center

2003 – Wiregrass Region opened in Dothan, Ala.

2004 – Marshall Region opened in Albertville, Ala.

– Morgan Region opened in Decatur, Ala.

Expansion continues

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2007 – Coastal Alabama Region

opened, serving Mobile Infirmary, Infirmary West, North Baldwin Infirmary, Thomas Hospital, Providence Hospital, Springhill Memorial Hospital, USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital and USA Medical Center

2008 – Baldwin Region opened in Daphne, Ala.

– Shoals Region opened in Sheffield, Ala.

– Southern Crescent Region opened in McDonough, Ga.

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Our headquarters

Civitan Regional Blood Center's first offices on 13th Street

1974Today on

Newberry Road

Our bloodmobiles

1974

Today over 40 bloodmobiles

Today

• 31 Donor Centers• 40 Bloodmobiles• 63 Courier Vehicles• 1 Airplane

LifeCord• LifeCord shipped 111

cord blood units, saving lives in 23 states and nine countries

• LifeCord received FDA licensure, becoming one of only five licensed cord blood banks in the country

Awarded

Proud supporter of Innovation Gainesville

We celebrate 40 years with• our 1.6 million

AMAZING donors

• our 100 + hospital partners

• Our 800 dedicated employees

We celebrate all 4.4 million lifesaving donations

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We celebrate our patients

We celebrate all the lives saved

Join us for our 40-Year Celebration• At LifeSouth on 13th St.• Thursday, August 15• 5 p.m. Ribbon cutting for Civitan renovation• 5:30 p.m. 40-Year Celebration and

Gainesville Chamber After Hours• Entry fee is school supplies to support local

schools

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