Boots & Badges Community Challenge Blood Drive

By Ethan Nahté

It’s time for the Mena Boots & Badges Community Challenge Blood Drive 2023.

It is predicted that every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. When summertime hits and people go on vacation, water levels aren’t the only thing that tends to go down. Blood reserves tend to go dry with people going on vacation. 

Many times, law enforcement, EMTs, paramedics and firefighters are often the first to find people in need of blood before they arrive at an emergency room. Mena’s local law and emergency personnel are challenging to schedule an appointment with Our Blood Institute using either of the QR codes for blood drives to be held at the fellowship hall in the First Baptist Church across from Janssen Park. The event will take place Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23, from noon – 6 p.m. each day. Potential donors can also call 877-340-8777 or visit obi.org to schedule an appointment.

Donors receive a Boots & Badges T-shirt and one free entry to Magic Springs Theme & Water Park.

The Blood Institute is the sixth-largest independent blood center in the nation, with 16 donor centers in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. OBI is the nonprofit blood provider for patients at more than 240 hospitals, medical facilities, and air ambulances across all three states.

OBI has five donor centers in Arkansas and provides blood products for patients in more than 40 Arkansas hospitals, medical facilities, and air ambulances. OBI’s donor centers are located in Ft. Smith, Hot Springs, Little Rock, North Little Rock and Russellville.

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