Traveled an hour to give plasma, only to find out after calling yesterday that they had nobody to…read moredo a second party verification so they were not taking new donors that day, after calling ahead to make sure that I would have no problems, this is a major aggravation.

It's been understaffed for a long time. Wait times can be long. Other days they open late or…read moreclose early due to no staff. The employees are great though. The other day there were only 3 people ahead of me when I came in. They didn't call anyone for almost an hour. By that time there were 9 donors on the floor and 6 of them waiting to be disconnected. One employee doing the disconnections. I didn't have any more time to wait so I left. I've had to do that more and more lately. Yet they keep signing up new donors. They can't handle the ones they already have.

I'm O- and Today was my second time donating, and I've already scheduled my third appointment. Both…read moretimes, staff was great - very nice, helpful, informative, and made sure I was comfortable. I definitely plan on continuing to donate. Besides having a needle stuck in my arm, great experience!!

I'm -O so after donating blood for the first time I've been contacted when they run low. Always…read moreconvenient time s available to donate and friendly and caring staff. After donating whole blood they asked if I could donated double red blood cells only - I was nervous as the process is slightly different and the staff explained everything and brought a calcium rich snack over when I experienced the metallic taste in my mouth from the aphereisis/plasma re-entry. Lots of snacks available and good after-care instructions. Already scheduled my next donation for June. Check them out, save a life.

Staff owesome and friendly clean place fast in out recomrd to check it help people need plasmaread more

My first experience was okay here. Evenly mixed with friendly, unfriendly, and indifferent. The…read moreAlbert Einstein look-a-like was a little abrasive when he shouted "OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE" at me no other words exchanged but at the end of the day we ARE just there to sell our plasma. Low rating for the shred of compensation you're given for each donation ($45). Before I moved the plasma center I donated at gave $100-150 for each donation. Wondering why they don't pay the same amount here as my old one also happened to be Grisfol owned.

Every donation saves 3 lives! Please donate today! Very professional staff. I come every two monthsread more

As much as I hate coming to do this, I love coming here. Very attentive, gentle, & courteous. It…read moredoesn't take much, everyone should donate if they are able!! Thank You for your care & attention, see you again in a few months!

the people here are amazing and work together well. The…read morequestionnaire takes more time than the donation. Nice work all and at the end I love oreos.

Lake Bluff Lifesource, now known as Vitalant-Illinois, is an amazing place! I have been coming many…read moremany times over the last year and a half and I have been shown nothing but kindness and compassion. Every time I walk in the door I get greeted by name with a smiling face. It also helps that they are very skilled with the needles and I have never had a negative experience with the insertion or withdrawal. If you want to do an amazing thing by donating blood or what I recommend- PLATELETS :) this is the place to do it!

Staff is competent and great! If you are thinking about donating blood, this is a good place to do…read moreit. I highly recommend this life source.

This is a very clean facility and the staff is super friendly they are all hard workers amd always…read morego the extra mile to make sure your taken care of I see one worker in particular Scott who seems to do the work of almost three employees .But thats because he's not talking the whole time but everyone there is very qualified and friendly.

This is a two part review. As far as the blood draw and donating, they were great. I have to go…read moreweekly for my draws and Leticia is the person that works with me. She is fantastic. The location has easy parking. The office is bright and clean. The second part is really a shout-out to the staff. While I was in for my last draw, a homeless man can in. He was polite and requested to use the phone as he was homeless and wanted to call his family for some assistance. It was 95f outside. He showed some signs of dehydration. The manager of the facility came out and said, of course. He used the phone, said thank you. The staff offered him some cold water bottles before he left. They also called 911 as they were worried about his safety. Police arrived shortly after to just check him out. They called the EMTs to check him as well and we were able to see that they took him to the hospital. Many places would have just said No and told the person to go elsewhere. The staff at this location really showed they cared about the people and their community.

From the owner: Vitalant is the nations largest independent, nonprofit organization focused exclusively on…read moreproviding lifesaving blood services. We comprise a network of about 120 blood donation centers in nearly 30 states, and provide lifesaving blood and comprehensive transfusion medicine services for about 900 hospitals and their patients across the U.S.

This review goes out to all the first timers out there ! It took me 27 years but I finally donated…read moresome of that Megan juice aka blood . I myself had no idea where to start or how to go about donating , so I hope this review will be seen and help some of you . First things first . Make an account online through the blood center of Wisconsin . You'll see a line for a Donor ID # but don't worry you don't need it . They'll give you that information after you donate . Once you've made an account click the tab that says schedule appointment . Next click whole blood donation and then in the notes mention it's your first time . Upon your appointment you'll walk in ,sign in and someone will grab you . They take you to a private room to do some paperwork and run some tests ( blood pressure , temperature , etc). Then they will take you out to the main floor for the donating . They have comfy chairs for you to sit in and have two large tvs for you to watch . The actual donating of the blood takes like 10/20 minutes. It's fast and doesn't hurt at all . The people stay with you the whole time and make sure your feeling okay . After your done they have you go to a side area ( cafe type ) where you refill your sugar with snacks ( chips , coda and fresh cookies ). Before you continue onto my next part of the review I want you to read it all the way till the end . It's not meant to scare you but inform you! After I was done donating I was about to get up to go to the cafe room when I started to feel dizzy, broke out in bad sweats and started shaking . The feeling increased and I just about passed out . The staff all around me was super quick to come and make me feel better . They laid me all the way down , put cold fabric on me , fanned me and asked me questions to see how to make me feel better . It started to pass after five minutes and they gave me a coke . They had me lay for another ten min and I was practically back to perfect ! They said it happens sometimes and this is where I remind you to not make the same mistake as I did . Eat a meal CLOSE to when your donating or a snack . I had eaten breakfast at around 10:15 and donated at about 1:20. To big of a gap I think or maybe that's just my body's reaction lol just remember to eat and drink water close to your blood donating time . After my "incident " I went over to the cafe , filled up on some sugar and I was out the door .( I had my boyfriend drive since he donated with zero reaction . They suggest not driving if you feel any symptoms after which happens but is rare ). My whole experience from start to end was fantastic . It was very professional and everyone was super nice . Everyone is super educated and during my symptoms of passing out they stayed calm and knew exactly what to do . My boyfriend was in the cafe and didn't even realize something was wrong until someone came and told him lol and I want to emphasize again not everyone has a reaction to donating ... sometimes people just have them and sometimes they won't react again for another couple years . It's just something that can happen but more than not it never does. They take walk-ins and appointments for donations . They test your blood for tons of things and if something is wrong they will mail you what it is and who to see about it . You can also check things through your online account like previous visits , blood type etc. Can't wait to help out others and donate again !

Everyone should donate blood, but almost nobody does…read more Why? Are you that selfish? Are you that busy? Or are you, like everyone else, afraid of needles? The Blood Center of Wisconsin is a great resource for humanity. You don't know how many people need blood every day until yourself or someone you know is sick and needs it. It can't be made artificially or gotten from animals. The only source is you. You need to donate blood and the Blood Center of Wisconsin is one of the best places ever to donate. There are places in town that will pay you for plasma but none of these places use the plasma collected for medical purposes. I believe to do so would be in violation of some well-meaning but asinine law. At any case, it isn't done. You know what else these shady establishments won't do? Give you a DVD player and a selection of movies. Give you State Fair tickets. Give you Brewers tickets. Give you cream puffs and snacks and juices and coffee and pop. They won't sign you up for a rewards program and shower you with free gifts after a certain number of donations. They won't give you heated blankets or comfy pillows or headphones or anything else you need to be comfortable. The Blood Center gives you ALL of these things and way more. Yes, it hurts for a minute. If you donate a unit of whole blood you'll be out of there lickity-split. You can also choose to donate higher-need items like platelets or plasma or granulocytes or other things, but this is always your choice. I understand completely if you're terrified to go and just can't do it. Some people can't. My girlfriend, for instance. But if you can, you should. And if you do, go to the Blood Center. It'll be painless. (almost)