City to host blood drive Sept. 21 on Fayetteville square

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The city will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 on the Fayetteville downtown square.

The event is in partnership with the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, which will have its bloodmobile on hand to collect donations.

Donors will receive free a t-shirt and two tickets to Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Mo. Online appointments are strongly encouraged to manage donor flow.

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Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is the exclusive provider of blood and plasma to all Northwest Arkansas area hospitals. Local donors are needed to continue to provide for local patients.

A QuickPass system can save time for donors by allowing them to start the registration process before arriving. To access QuickPass and complete health history questions online the day of the blood drive, visit CBCO.org/QuickPass.