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LifeStream Blood Bank company history timeline

1951

1951 – June 19, 1951 Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties begins operations in a 6,600-square-foot building on the National Orange Show Grounds.

1967

1967 – BBSBRC relocates to 399 Blood Bank Road, a move that increases working space by 50 percent, to 10,000 square feet.

1969

1969 – The Riverside Donor Center opens on a 2-acre plot of land at Indiana Avenue near Adams Street.

1977

1977 – Pursuant to California state law, BBSBRC stops paying donors.

1978

1978 – The platelet apheresis program begins.

1980

1980 – The San Bernardino location expands.

1981

1981 – Annual collection exceeds 50,000 units for the first time.

1982

1982 – The Ontario Donor Center opens at Fourth Street and Vineyard Avenue.

1986

Doctor Gaston’s 1986 study of sickle-cell disease led to a nationwide screening program to test newborns for immediate treatment, Doctor Gaston was also the first African American woman to direct a public health service bureau.

1986 – The Lions Club International, District 4-L5, donates bloodmobile #1 after $130,000 is raised through years of fundraising dedicated to the project.

1992

1992 – The San Bernardino Donor Center relocates to its present site at 384 W. Orange Show Road.

2000

2000 – KCAL and K-FROG each partner with BBSBRC on first blood drives.

2001

2001 – BBSBRC marks its golden anniversary of service.

2008

2008 – The La Quinta Donor Center opens.

2009

2009 – More than 60 hospital partners require 175,000 units annually.

2011

2011 – LifeStream celebrates 60 years of service to the community.

2012

2012 – LifeStream adds hundreds of rare-type blood donors to library following dedicated testing program.

2014

2014 – Vendy Martin becomes first female LifeStream donor to reach 100 gallons in blood donations.

2015

Largest bloodmobile in 2015.

2018

2018 – LifeStream’s Murrieta Donor Center opened in August, making it the sixth LifeStream Donor Center.

2019

2019 – LifeStream’s mobile app launches!

2020

2020 – As COVID-19 grips the nation, LifeStream cancels 37th Annual Gift of Life Tribute, 10-Gallon Donor Celebration; other popular annual events honoring volunteers and blood drive chairpersons; and LifeStream’s annual 5K Life Run/Walk.

2021

2021 – LifeStream opens Placentia Donor Center, the organization’s first Orange County-based location.

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