Get in the Game for Life, Give Blood, Save Lives across the Ozarks

Football fans have the chance to get in the game for life and score some Kansas City Chiefs apparel at a blood drive to be held at Ozarks Healthcare this fall. The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to patients at 45 area healthcare facilities, invites community members to make a life-saving touchdown for local patients at its upcoming blood drive in West Plains on Friday, Oct. 18.

All successful donors will receive an all-new Kansas City Chiefs Kingdom T-shirt, while supplies last. Donors can also enter for a chance to win a game day package, which includes two tickets and a parking pass to Kansas City’s Dec. 21 game against the Houston Texans. The game package is valued at $800.

Donors with the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks help provide every drop of blood for patients at Ozarks Healthcare, Texas County Memorial Hospital, and dozens of healthcare facilities across the Ozarks. West Plains area residents will have the opportunity to donate at the following location:

Ozarks Healthcare Parkway Center – Willard Hunter Classroom

1211 Porter Wagoner Blvd, West Plains

Friday, Oct. 18 – noon to 6 p.m.

To help avoid wait times, appointments are strongly encouraged. Donors can schedule an appointment at www.cbco.org/donate-blood or by calling 417-227-5006.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.