ASBP: Blood Donor Processing Division, Great Lakes Change

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Welcome to the Blood Donor Processing Division, Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Great Lakes website. As part of the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP), the official United States military blood program, your donation serves as a vital link to military service members and their families worldwide.

On October 1, 2010, Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes combined resources with the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center (NCVAMC) and began operations as Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. The former NCVAMC now operates with new facilities as the Federal Health Care Center West campus at the corners of Green Bay and Buckley Roads in North Chicago, Ill. The Federal Health Care Center East campus (building 200-H) has a tentative closing date scheduled for 2011.

Story Archive

Penny Glenn (left) and Kristine Chynoweth (right) have a combined 31 whole blood donations in Great Lakes. Glenn has completed 20 donations and Chynoweth has completed 11 donations.

The Dynamic Donating Duo
In Great Lakes, Ill., superheroes do exist—and this donating pair can prove it. Penny Glenn and Kristine Chynoweth travel to and fro over the Great Lakes...

Jeff Diffy (left, front), Armed Services Blood Program blood donor recruiter, presents Sgt. Daniel Pettibone (right, front) with the Blood Collection Challenge trophy. Pettibone established an integrated effort for Fort Sheridan, Ill., with prospective blood donors. His efforts enabled the Army to take first honors in the Blood Collection Challenge between Fort Sheridan, Ill., and local Marines.

"Liking" Blood Challenges in Ill.
Recently a soldier from the 801st Alpha Company, Combat Support Hospital at Fort Sheridan, Ill., stepped up to take on a new task. Undaunted by the...

Cmdr. Sarah Stevick (left) and Chief Petty Officer Juan Johnson, a hospital corpsman, accept the trophy for winning the first-ever Branch Health Clinic Blood Collection Challenge.

Collection Challenge Takes Over Great Lakes
When the call for donors went out to all four branch health clinics in Great Lakes, Ill., the medical staff members didnt hesitate to donate. For more than ...