40 Years of Service and Community Partnerships

40 Years of Service
and Community
Partnerships
2013 Annual Report
®
Looking back
Nancy Eckert
President and Chief Executive Officer
Community is not only a part of our name, it is the reason we were established and the catalyst for our
continued growth. LifeSouth grew from serving the needs of a single community to working in partnership with more than
100 hospitals throughout the Southeast. Our mission remains the same as it was when we began 40 years ago: to provide a
safe blood supply that meets or exceeds the needs in each community we serve. This donor and patient-focused approach
is the core of LifeSouth’s mission.
In this global era where goods are traded instantly and services acquired at the touch of a button, time is at a premium.
Blood donation is a real-time commitment, a personal gift, a sharing of one’s self in a one-click world. We rely on volunteer
donors to take time out of their busy lives to give blood for the benefit of their community. They entrust us with ensuring
that their donation goes where it is needed to save lives.
The focus in transfusion medicine today is on providing the patient with the right component at the right time. Successful
blood management requires careful planning that begins long before the physician ever orders a transfusion. The ability to
respond effectively to specific patient needs is the result of years of building relationships with donors, training qualified
staff to collect and process the blood and partnering with healthcare professionals who safely administer it. We are one of
the largest blood banks in the Southeast and we have the resources to provide specialized blood products and resourceful
blood management to the patients and hospitals we serve while remaining focused on community needs.
Donors
Communities
We rely on our dedicated donors and the
relationships we have built with them. Thanks
to their commitment to saving lives, we now
have more than 34,000 HLA- typed donors
in our system and more than 175,000 donors
identified with special antigens to help
provide the best care for patients in need.
We belong to a community of communities.
We collaborate with community blood
centers to better serve our hospital
partners and uphold our commitment to
a true community blood supply. We are
committed to supporting community blood
banking across the U.S.
Partnerships
Hospitals
Employees
We are committed to a true partnership
with our hospitals wherein we are the
steward of the community blood supply
and hospitals benefit from having the
freshest and best blood components
available at a moment’s notice.
We provide our employees a unique
experience wherein they make a difference
in the lives of their community every day.
Every role is valued and plays a part in
giving hope, life and second chances to
the patients and families we serve.
Philip Baker
Chairman of the Board
MISSION
To provide a safe blood supply that meets or exceeds the needs in each community we serve, and to provide a variety
of services in support of ongoing and emerging blood and transfusion-related activities.
VISION
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To be a vital and prominent member of our communities known for meeting the needs of the entire community,
incomparable customer service and unwavering employee excellence.
To develop our communities’ blood supply by increasing blood donations from both new and existing blood donors
and optimizing component yields from each donation.
To be an employer of choice by providing a work environment that continually reiterates and reinforces the value of
each employee’s role and offers opportunities for employee development and growth.
To be recognized as a provider of the safest and highest quality blood components and services by engaging in
unrelenting and continuous improvement in our methods and procedures.
VALUES
Safety: We are responsible for the safety of our employees, our donors, our patients and our blood supply.
Teamwork: We work together with mutual respect, personal integrity, a spirit of cooperation and remarkable
professionalism to meet our communities’ needs.
A Difference: We make a difference every day by connecting our donors to our patients.
Reputation: We provide ethical, honest and courteous service to ensure the goodwill of the community.
Stewardship: We efficiently manage our resources and our community blood supply.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Who we are
LifeSouth Communities ............................................................................................ 1
Hospitals We Serve ................................................................................................. 2
Board of Directors .................................................................................................... 2
LifeSouth’s Story ...................................................................................................... 3
Philip Baker Receives FABB Award ......................................................................... 3
Timeline of LifeSouth’s Community Partnerships..................................................4
What we do
Getting the Blood From the Donor to the Patient ................................................5
Active Inventory Management .............................................................................. 6
Special Patient Needs ........................................................................................... 7
LifeCord ..................................................................................................................... 8
HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Our Mission Fulfilled ..................................................................................................
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9-12
LifeSouth By the Numbers ................................................................................ 13-14
Financials ............................................................................................................................
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40 Years of Service and Community Partnerships
LifeSouth Communities
Alabama Regions and Donor Centers
North Alabama District
Georgia Regions and Donor Centers
Georgia District
North Alabama Region (Hub), Madison
Huntsville Hospital Donor Center
Marshall Region, Albertville
Morgan Region, Decatur
Cullman Donor Center
Shoals Region, Sheffield
Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital Donor Center
Greater Atlanta Region (Hub), Atlanta
Southern Crescent Region, McDonough
Northeast Georgia Region, Gainesville
Florida Regions and Donor Centers
North Florida District
Civitan Region (Hub), Gainesville
Chiefland Donor Center
Newberry Road Donor Center
Alachua Donor Center
Putnam Region, Palatka
Suwannee Valley Region, Lake City
Central Alabama District
Birmingham Region (Hub), Birmingham
Brookwood Donor Center
St. Vincent’s East Donor Center
South Alabama District
Montgomery Region (Hub), Montgomery
East Alabama Region, Opelika
Wiregrass Region, Dothan
South Florida District
Hernando Region (Hub), Brooksville
Citrus Region, Lecanto
Inverness Donor Center
Marion Region, Ocala
Dunnellon Donor Center
Coastal Alabama District
Mobile Region (Hub), Mobile
Baldwin Region, Daphne
Thomas Hospital Donor Center
Madison
Sheffield
Albertville
Decatur
Atlanta
Gainesville
McDonough
Birmingham
Opelika
Montgomery
Mobile
Dothan
Daphne
Lake City
Gainesville
Palatka
Headquarters
Region
Ocala
Lecanto
Brooksville
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Hub
Hospitals we serve
ALABAMA
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Baptist Medical Center East
Baptist Medical Center South
Birmingham VA Medical Center
Brookwood Medical Center
Bullock County Hospital
Children’s of Alabama
Citizens Baptist Medical Center
Community Hospital Tallassee
Coosa Valley Medical Center
Crenshaw Community Hospital
Crestwood Medical Center
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Dale Medical Center
DCH Regional Medical Center
Decatur General Hospital
East Alabama Medical Center
Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital
Elmore Community Hospital
Flowers Hospital
Georgiana Medical Center
Helen Keller Hospital
Highlands Medical Center
Huntsville Hospital
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital
Jackson Hospital
Lake Martin Community Hospital
Lanier Health Services
Lawrence Medical Center
Madison Hospital
Marshall Medical Center North
Marshall Medical Center South
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
Mobile Infirmary West
North Baldwin Infirmary
Parkway Medical Center
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Princeton Baptist Medical Center
Providence Hospital
Russell Medical Center
Shelby Baptist Medical Center
Shoals Hospital
Southeast Alabama Medical Center
Springhill Memorial Hospital
St. Vincent’s Birmingham
St. Vincent’s Blount
St. Vincent’s East
St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Thomas Hospital
Trinity Medical Center
UAB Medical West
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
University of South Alabama Children’s
& Women’s
University of South Alabama Medical Center
Walker Baptist Medical Center
Wiregrass Medical Center
FLORIDA
Brooksville Regional Hospital
Citrus Memorial Health System
Lake Butler Hospital / Hand Surgery Center
Lake City Medical Center
Lake City VA Medical Center
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center
North Florida Regional Medical Center
Oak Hill Hospital
Putnam Community Medical Center
Reception and Medical Center
Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center
Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center
Shands Live Oak Regional Medical Center
Shands Starke Regional Medical Center
Spring Hill Regional Hospital
UF Health Shands Hospital
GEORGIA
Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta VA Medical Center
Barrow Regional Medical Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite
Emory-Adventist Hospital
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Grady Health System
Gwinnett Medical Center
Habersham Medical Center
Henry Medical Center
Martin Army Community Hospital
Medical Center of Central Georgia
Newton General Hospital
North Fulton Hospital
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Northside Hospital
Northside Hospital - Forsyth
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
South Fulton Medical Center
Spalding Regional Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sylvan Grove Hospital
Warm Springs Medical Center
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
West Georgia Medical Center
Board of Directors
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is governed by a volunteer board of directors. This group of dedicated community leaders
provides guidance that enables us to fulfill our mission.
Philip Baker
Chairman
Retired
Building Contractor
Reeves Byrd Jr.
Vice Chairman
Preferred Management Investments Inc.
Ronald Spitznagel, Ed.D.
Secretary
Consultant and Expert Witness
Georgiann Ellis
Retired
UF Health Shands Hospital
Donald Rothwell, Ph.D.
Retired
University of Florida
Timothy Flynn, M.D.
UF Health Shands Hospital
Everett Scroggie Jr.
Retired
GN ReSound Corp.
Katherine Laurenzano, M.D.
Lake City VA Medical Center
Lennart Lilieholm
P & L Painting & Decorating Inc.
Michael Lukowski, M.D.
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gregory Grisson
Treasurer
M&S Bank
John Mallory
Retired
Alachua General Hospital
Herb Bevis, Ph.D.
Retired
University of Florida
Gary Brooks
BBI Construction Management Inc.
Perry McGriff Jr.
Retired
Insurance Agent
Dan Bundy
Regions Bank
Gary Moody, J.D.
Moody & Salzman, P.A.
Avis Craig
Citrus County Property Appraiser’s Office
William Northcutt
Alachua County Fire Rescue
Willard Shafer
Retired
University of Florida
Carl Smith
Waffle House
Robert Smith
HealthGroup of Alabama
Richard Staab
InterMed Biomedical Services Inc.
Joe Stough III
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
Michael Wofford
Vision Communications Inc.
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LifeSouth’s Story
In 1974, hospitals were in critical need of volunteer blood
donors after the FDA curtailed the practice of paying donors
for blood donations. Gainesville, Fla. hospitals (Alachua
General Hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital and North
Florida Regional Medical Center) all agreed that a nonprofit community blood center was the answer and made
an appeal to all local civic organizations. The Gainesville
Civitan Club was the only organization that agreed to take
on this task. Members backed a loan with their own money
to start what they called Civitan Regional Blood Center today known as LifeSouth Community Blood Centers.
For the past 40 years, LifeSouth has grown at the request
of hospitals in need of a community blood supplier.
LifeSouth now has 30 donor centers, 40 bloodmobiles,
hosts 2,000 blood drives a month and is a proud partner of
more than 100 hospitals in Florida, Alabama and Georgia.
(above) UF Health Shands Hospital (top) and North Florida
Regional Medical Center (bottom) were among the first
hospitals served by LifeSouth.
Today, LifeSouth has close to 800 employees and
operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization overseeing
an annual budget of nearly $80 million. With 4.4 million
blood donations and counting, LifeSouth is privileged to
celebrate our community partners, donors and patients.
We offer our deepest thanks to the Gainesville
Civitan Club for taking that risk many years ago and
investing in the health of our community by creating
this lifesaving organization. LifeSouth is dedicated
to providing quality blood components and stateof-the-art services to better serve our communities.
PHILip BAker Receives FABB Award
The Florida Association of Blood Banks honored
Philip Baker with this year’s Board Member of the Year
Award. Phil was among the Civitan Club members who
founded LifeSouth Community Blood Centers in 1974.
As Chairman of LifeSouth’s Board of Directors, Phil
provided the guidance to take the organization from a
dozen employees to a staff of nearly 800. Although he is
Chairman of the Board, Phil never hesitates to help with
any task. When he walks the halls, he greets staff members
by name. In 1998, Phil joined the Five Points of Life on
their cross-country bike trip, assisting riders and helping
spread the word about lifesaving donation. Phil is also a
regular platelet donor. With this award, FABB honors and
appreciates Phil’s lifetime dedication to blood donation,
to LifeSouth, to patients and to all those he inspires.
Philip Baker celebrated his award with daughter Amy
Crease (left) and granddaughter Melissa Crease (right).
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Timeline of LifeSouth’s Community Partnerships
1974 - Civitan Club members sign note for
$50,000 to start Civitan Regional Blood Center in
Gainesville, FL
1983 - Citrus Region opens
in Crystal River, FL
1995 - Greater Atlanta Region
opens in Atlanta, GA
2003 - Wiregrass
Region opens in
Dothan, AL
2008 - Baldwin Region
opens in Daphne, AL
1979 - Civitan Regional Blood Center building
completed in Gainesville, FL
1987 - Marion Region
opens in Ocala, FL
1987 - Hernando Region
opens in Brooksville, FL
1995 - East Alabama Region
opens in Opelika, AL
2004 - Marshall Region opens in
Albertville, AL
1997 Northeast Georgia
Region opens in
Gainesville, GA
2004 - Morgan Region opens in
Decatur, AL
2008 - Southern Crescent Region
opens in McDonough, GA
1980 - Suwannee Valley Region opens in
Lake City, FL
1993 - Putnam Region
opens in Palatka, FL
1994 - Birmingham Region
opens in Birmingham, AL
1998 - Montgomery Region
opens in Montgomery, AL
2007 - Mobile Region opens in
Mobile, AL
2002 - North Alabama
Region opens in
Huntsville, AL
2008 - Shoals Region
opens in Sheffield, AL
2014 -LifeSouth celebrates
40 years of service and
community partnerships
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LIFESOUTH SERVICES
LifeSouth Recognized
in the Community
Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Award:
• LifeSouth was honored as the Best
Non-Profit of the Year. LifeSouth’s
economic investment in the community
and
unparalleled
innovation
were
applauded
by chamber members.
The Florida Association of Blood Banks Awards:
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Hospital partner UF Health Shands Hospital
was awarded the Hospital Partnership
Service Award. From recruiting donors
to supporting community events, Shands
embodies the values of a true partnership.
High school partner Crescent City High
School was awarded the High School
Achievement Award for highest percentage
and most donations for a small-sized school.
High school partner Palatka High School
was awarded the High School Achievement
Award for highest percentage and
most donations for a mid-sized school.
Getting the Blood From the
Donor to the Patient
LifeSouth keeps the time between donation and when the blood
components are made available to a minimum, allowing us to
provide the freshest products possible. This helps maximize the
use of platelets, which must be used within five days of collection.
Being a community blood center means that our turnaround
time for delivery of blood is shorter. Being close to our
hospitals allows us to quickly get blood, platelets, and
antigen-specific units to the patients who need them.
Our comprehensive quality assurance system encompasses
continuous improvement in our methods and procedures to ensure
LifeSouth provides the highest quality blood components and
services. In every platelet unit, the number of platelets is verified as
well as the donor’s platelet count. This number is stored in our system
and referred to when that donor returns. Before they reach the hospital,
our platelet components are tested to verify that they meet the safety
standard for cell count, leukoreduction and bacterial detection.
Every unit is tested for ABO and Rh type and undergoes
10 tests for diseases. A unit will not be labeled until it tests
negative for these diseases. Testing is completed by early
afternoon to allow prompt delivery of blood components.
LifeSouth’s quality assurance team works to ensure the safety,
purity and potency of every unit supplied to our hospitals.
LifeSouth’s Software Development Team
was awarded the Innovation Award for
their revolutionary software program called
IBBIS (Integrated Blood Bank Information
System). The program tracks each step
of the blood donation process including
registration, testing, labeling, shipping
and delivery of the unit to the hospital.
Quality Policies
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To view LifeSouth’s accreditations and
certifications, visit lifesouth.org
"All of the HealthGroup of
Alabama hospitals in North
Alabama recognize the
relationship with LifeSouth as
a partnership. We continue to
refine that and I feel it brings
continuous value to both
partners."
- Rob Smith
Chief Executive Officer
HealthGroup of Alabama
Huntsville, Ala.
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“LifeSouth is a good partner because they respond
to our demands promptly. We are a busy trauma
center, sometimes requiring lots of Os, FFP, cryo
and platelets. They are there when we need them.
The service LifeSouth provides includes availability
and cost-effectiveness of products, and accessibility
when customer service questions arise.”
- Dr. K. Dino Anastasiades
Blood Bank Medical Director
Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta, Ga.
Monitor
Document
Evaluate
Modify
“LifeSouth understands the needs of the
individual hospitals. The blood collected in the
community stays there. LifeSouth is large enough
to supply the services of a major blood center but
still maintains that community presence and the
focus on the individual communities it serves.”
- John Lunceford
Supervisor of Hematology
Citrus Memorial Health System
Inverness, Fla.
40 Years of Service and Community Partnerships
LIFESOUTH SERVICES
Active Inventory
Management
LifeSouth makes a commitment to our hospital partners to
effectively manage their blood inventory. Our hospitals gain the
benefits of better patient care, reduced waste and lower costs.
In turn, LifeSouth is able to fulfill our promise to our donors.
Collaboration allows us all to be responsible stewards of the
blood supply. This partnership requires that the hospital rely on
LifeSouth for all blood needs while we accept the responsibility of
ensuring that they have the blood they need, when they need it.
We can make this commitment to our hospitals because we:
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Communicate frequently, anticipate blood needs, and deliver
as needed, providing the highest level of customer service to
our hospitals and optimizing our donors’ gifts of life.
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Establish a minimum inventory level for all blood
components and ensure these inventory levels are met at
each hospital we serve.
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Rotate inventory as needed, allowing blood components,
which would otherwise expire on hospital shelves, to be
distributed throughout the community. This optimizes blood
usage and reduces outdating of components, which helps
lower costs to hospitals.
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Collect and process blood in each community of the
hospitals we serve. This ensures the freshest components
are available when needed.
“We’ve expanded our relationship from Atlanta Medical Center
to all of our Tenet Hospitals in Georgia. LifeSouth has been a
great partner helping us provide such a valuable resource to our
patients in the community.”
- Chris Locke
Chief Operating Officer
Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta, Ga.
“LifeSouth sends fresher blood, so we never have to worry
about expiration.”
- Ashley Crawford
Medical Laboratory Technician
Children’s of Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.
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LIFESOUTH SERVICES
Special Patient Needs
Patients in need of a transfusion can develop antibodies
that make it difficult to find blood that is a viable match.
LifeSouth’s immunohematology reference laboratory uses
state-of-the-art technology and investigational methods
to fulfill special patient needs. We do this by identifying
donors whose red cells, platelets and white cells have
antigens that are compatible with the patient. IBBIS, our
FDA-licensed software, allows us to identify special donors.
Sickle cell disease patients, for example, require multiple
transfusions of antigen-specific blood throughout
their treatment. Our goal is to meet the needs of our
hospital partners and their special-needs patients by
having these units readily available at a minimal cost.
Our staff takes pride in its ability to efficiently provide
phenotyped or genotyped red cells for patients with
alloantibodies who require antigen-specific units, geneticnegative blood components or HLA-typed blood
components. LifeSouth provides more than 150 of these
antigen-specific units each week. This year, LifeSouth
expanded our immunohematology reference laboratory
services into Georgia to better serve our hospitals in that area.
“Our hospital is very pleased with the ability to order negative antigen
units. We order O-positive, K-negative, C-negative and E-negative for
our sickle cell patients. They’re usually here that night or the following
night. That’s a huge difference. We used to wait three or four days for
antigen-specific units from our previous blood supplier.”
- Deb Futral
Manager of Transfusion Services
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
Mobile, Ala.
“LifeSouth’s reference lab provides a high level of service and is
always available for consultation on difficult cases. We use them
frequently for difficult antibody identifications and they provide
timely turnaround and keep us informed of the investigation. They go
to extraordinary measures to supply us with antigen-negative units.”
- John Lunceford
Supervisor of Hematology
Citrus Memorial Health System
Inverness, Fla.
“LifeSouth understands and strives to meet the needs of their client
hospitals. They are not just a vendor, they are a partner. I really like
how LifeSouth is responsive to my concerns. They are very customer
service oriented.”
-Katie Blackburn
Transfusion Services Manager
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Atlanta, Ga.
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LIFESOUTH SERVICES
LifeCord
in 1998,
LifeCord
Georgia
is a program of LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. Established
it was the first non-profit public cord blood bank in the Southeast.
collects umbilical cord blood from newborns at hospitals in Florida,
and Alabama. There is no cost to donate cord blood to LifeCord.
Cord blood is the blood remaining in the umbilical cord and placenta after a baby
is born. It is rich with blood-forming cells. The stem cells found in cord blood
replace diseased blood-forming cells with healthy cells. Life-threatening diseases
such as leukemia and sickle cell disease can be treated with a cord blood transplant.
LifeSouth received FDA licensure for cord blood
manufacturing in June 2013, becoming the fifth
cord blood bank nationwide licensed by the FDA.
LifeCord partners with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) to provide umbilical
cord blood units for patients worldwide. The NMDP operates the Be The Match Registry®,
the largest registry of potential bone marrow donors and cord blood units in the world.
Not all patients are able to find a match on the NMDP registry. African-American
or black patients have an estimated 66 percent likelihood of finding a match on
the registry. This means that African-Americans are least likely to find a match.
Because of our geographic location, Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) and the NMDP are encouraging LifeCord to actively recruit African-American
or black donors. Our goal is to increase the likelihood of African-American or black
patients finding a match by increasing the number of umbilical cord blood units
on the registry. Our goal is to partner with additional hospitals in the Southeast that
have high minority birth rates so that more patients can find their lifesaving match.
Our Cord Blood Partners:
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, Ala.
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Fla.
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, Ala.
Henry Medical Center
Stockbridge, Ga.
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, Ala.
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center
Gainesville, Ga.
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, Ala.
“The LifeCord staff has demonstrated a passion for this
and they are tirelessly working to provide a needed
service. Receiving the FDA license indicates that we
are meeting the highest and most stringent standards
for providing high quality products to the patients we
serve. This is an example of how our partner hospitals
and LifeSouth can work together to promote health.”
-Dr. John Wingard
LifeCord Medical Director
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Fla.
North Florida Regional
Medical Center
Gainesville, Fla.
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Our Mission Fulfilled
It’s better to give than to receive. Molly Moses, 19, of
Decatur, Ala. understands this better than most. On July
30, 2009, Molly nearly died in a boating accident on
the Tennessee River. She needed 52 units of blood
after the accident and 77 units total as she recovered
from injuries, including the loss of her left leg.
Since then, Molly has become an advocate for blood
donation. On Jan. 31, 2013 she was a guest speaker at
the ribbon cutting at LifeSouth’s new Marshall Regional
Headquarters in Albertville, Ala. Afterward, she looked into
the donor room and saw an open chair. “I just decided it
was a good time and I needed to do it. So I did,” she said.
Molly said the procedure was easy. “I was finally
giving back, after all I had used. It was wonderful,”
she said. After her donation, Molly made an
appointment to return and plans to make giving a habit.
“I was finally giving
back, after all I had
used. It was wonderful.”
- Molly Moses
Watch patients tell their amazing stories
and our 40-year celebration video at
youtube.com/lifesouthcbc
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Our Mission Fulfilled
For years, Heather Shotwell tried to persuade her
husband Doug to donate blood, and every time he had
good excuses – he hated needles, he was too busy,
thinking about it made him uncomfortable. His 4-yearold son Dougy, however, was much more convincing.
In 2013, Dougy, who was always smiling and happy,
became very sick. He was diagnosed with hemolyticuremic syndrome. His body was attacking his red
blood cells with very serious complications. He went
through four straight days of dialysis and received
a blood transfusion. “I was so glad people did
that. It would have taken too long to process mine
when he needed it,” Heather recalled. “Someone
I didn’t know was saving my son’s life,” she said.
It impacted Doug too. “It put everything aside. There
was no uneasiness, no squeamishness,” he said. The
next time he and Heather saw a LifeSouth bloodmobile,
they climbed aboard. The experience was much better
than he had imagined. They came home and showed
Dougy their bandages. “He smiled and gave me a
big kiss,” Doug said. “He was proud of me.” Dougy
is doing much better now and continues to recover.
Heather said it won’t take any convincing to
get Doug to give again. “Every eight weeks
we have a date to give blood,” she said.
“I’d never
experienced
someone needing
blood. It hadn’t
really hit home how
important it was.”
- Doug Shotwell
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Our Mission Fulfilled
It was Thanksgiving Day 2011 in Jack, Ala. when the Deal children,
son Bailee, then 10, and daughter Halee, then 8, took the ATV
out for a ride on the family property. The 1,600-pound machine
flipped, landing on top of Halee. Bailee ran for help. “She was
blue and she wasn’t breathing,” said Halee’s mother Kayla.
Halee was rushed by ambulance to Southeast Alabama
Medical Center in Dothan, Ala. and then transferred by
helicopter to Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham. “We were
told they didn’t expect her to survive the night,” Kayla said.
Her injuries included six broken ribs, a collapsed
lung, multiple pelvic fractures and a lacerated liver.
More than a dozen blood donors supplied the
transfusions that helped her live to fight another day.
Halee did survive that night and within a month
she was fully recovered. Miraculously, she has
almost no long-term effects of her very close call.
Kayla and her husband Derrick were both blood donors
before the accident, which was a reminder of how
important it is to donate before there is an emergency so
that blood is available immediately. “Everybody should
donate. It could be your child who needs blood,” said Kayla.
Now, every Thanksgiving, the Deals offer their thanks to the
many blood donors who donated blood for Halee. “We’re
just thankful she’s still here,” said Kayla. “She feels very blessed.”
“Everybody should
donate. It could
be your child who
needs blood.”
- Kayla Deal
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Our Mission Fulfilled
When expectant mother Dona Ramey of Ocala, Fla. went
for her 28-week checkup, her doctor discovered her son
hadn’t grown since the check-up four weeks earlier. She
then received an even bigger surprise. “They found I was
having contractions, and I didn’t even know it,” she said.
She was rushed to the hospital at the University of Florida, 40
miles away in Gainesville. Fla. Roberto Penullar, arrived on
Sept. 15, 2009 at 29 weeks, more than two months early. He
weighed just one pound, 10 ounces. “It was scary. You never
knew what was going to happen from day to day,” Dona said.
Roberto spent 88 days at UF Health Shands Hospital’s neonatal
intensive care unit and received multiple blood transfusions.
Dona remembers watching him receive blood and says she
could actually see her son’s color change from gray to pink. Just
before Christmas, five-pound Roberto was allowed to go home.
Today, Roberto shows no lasting effects of his early arrival.
“He’s very active,” said Dona.
Experiencing firsthand the
impact of those transfusions turned her into a regular blood
donor. She now tries to donate platelets every two weeks.
“With the miracle
of what it does,
you go from a
tragedy to hope.” - Dona Ramey
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LifeSouth by the Numbers
13,200,000
lives saved
100
hospital
partners
1.6 million
donors in IBBIS
550,000
gallons of blood
collected since 1974
That’s enough to fill
13,000
oil drums!
2,843,328
Nutter Butter cookies
(our most popular donor snack)
8 million
feet of arm bandages
13
40 Years of Service and Community Partnerships
LifeSouth by the Numbers
steps logged
since the LifeWise employee
wellness program began its
semi-annual walking challenge
cord blood units
listed on the Be the Match Registry®
23,781 potential
marrow donors
added to the Be the Match Registry®
58%
of blood drives are with
local businesses
cord blood units
shipped for transplant in 27 states
and 11 countries
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Financials
1993 1998
Total
Donations
2003 2008 2013
(in 000s)
Statements of Activities
(In Thousands of Dollars)
84
Revenues Relative To:
99%
$ 78,087
Blood Components & Services 1%
530
Other Income
100%
Total Revenue
$ 78,617
138
193
GA
Expenses Relative To:
5%
$ 4,220
Donor Recruitment
42%
31,781
Blood Collection & Distribution
25%
Laboratory
18,667
24%
18,111
General & Administrative
4%
2,993 Depreciation & Amortization
Total Expenses
$
75,772
14%
100%
51%
Statements of Financial Position
223
Percent
of blood
donations by
state
280
FL
35%
(In Thousands of Dollars)
Assets: Current Assets
27%
$ 17,408
Long Term Assets
44,527
70%
Other Assets
3%
1,866
100%
$ 63,801
Total Assets
Liabilities & Net Assets:
10%
$ 6,685
Current Liabilities 44%
27,851
Long Term Debt
46%
Net Assets
29,265
100%
$ 63,801
Total Liabilities & Net Assets
Cash Flow Summary:
Total Revenue
$ 78,617
(72,779)
Operating Expenses
(7,542)
Capital Expenses
(948)
Less Debt Payments
6,217
Plus New Bonds
$ 3,565
Net Cash Flow AL
Total Revenue
1993 1998
2003 2008 2013
9,503
19,476
36,832
64,137
FL
78,617
32%
Blood
Donations
Apheresis
Donations
Cash
Assets
15%
Percent of
revenue by
state
GA
1%
2%
47%
(in 000s)
53%
AL
12%
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