On Iowa is hosting a blood drive with the UI DeGowin Blood Center, UI Health Care’s very own blood donation center. Every donation made will go to support a patient at a UI Health Care, including UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Make an appointment to secure your donation time, and we will take walk-ins as time allows!  Make your appointment to save lives here:  Donate DeGowin 

• Provide a photo ID
• Drink plenty of fluids and have a good meal before you donate
• Be free of cold or flu symptoms for five days
• Bring a list of the medications you take
• Bring a list of the places and dates you have traveled outside the U.S. within the last three years
• Be at least 17 years old or 16 years old with signed parent/guardian consent. 
• Weigh at least 110 pounds