The Community Blood Bank is a non-profit, joint, cooperative venture of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center and Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls. The mission of the Community Blood Bank is to ensure a safe, reliable supply of blood in Sioux Falls and the communities we serve in eastern South Dakota, southern Minnesota and northwest Iowa.

The Community Blood Bank is the sole supplier of blood and blood products to hospitals in:

South Dakota
Sioux Falls (Sioux Valley, Avera McKennan, The Heart Hospital of South Dakota and the VA Medical Center),  Brookings, Flandreau, Dell Rapids, Canton, Freeman, Madison, Chamberlain, Viborg, Watertown, and Vermillion. 

Minnesota
Jackson, Luverne, Pipestone, Slayton, Tracy, Tyler, Westbrook, Windom and Worthington.

Iowa
Rock Rapids, Rock Valley, Estherville, Sheldon, and Sibley.

Your regular donations make sure blood is available to these hospitals and patients in the surrounding communities 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

When you see the Community Blood Bank bloodmobile in your town, you can be assured that your donation along with others is coming back to help your community and local health organization.  Our bloodmobiles go to the areas we supply, ensuring that blood will be available for your friends, neighbors, family, maybe even YOU.  If you are referred to Sioux Falls for further treatment, that blood will be available for you.

To ensure an adequate supply, the Community Blood Bank relies on volunteer donors in Sioux Falls and throughout the region. To host a Community Blood Bank bloodmobile drive in your town, business or church, call Rita Nelson at (605) 331-3222, or toll free (877) 877-3070.