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Smile, summer is just around the corner! Get ready by giving blood with Our Blood Institute at a local blood drive and help save a life! Donors will receive a Happy themed T-shirt and free ticket to Science Museum Oklahoma, Frontier City or Hurricane Harbor.

Local Blood Drives in May

May 3 – Alva High School – 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Gym Concession Area

May 4 – Northwest Technology Center, Alva Campus – 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Multipurpose Room

May 8 – Freedom, Cargill Salt – 10:30 a.m. to noon – Bloodmobile

May 8 – Freedom High School – 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Bloodmobile

May 9 – Alva State Bank – noon to 4 p.m. – Bloodmobile

May 17 – Alva First United Methodist Church – 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Bloodmobile

May 17 – Alva Radio Shack – noon to 2 p.m. – Bloodmobile

May 18 – Bill Johnson Correctional Center – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Bloodmobile

May 23 – Waynoka, Clean Harbors – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Bloodmobile

May 24 – Share Medical Center – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Bloodmobile

“Give blood and walk away with a smile,” said Dr. John Armitage, president and CEO of Our Blood Institute. “Your blood donation is essential to keeping up the blood supply in your local hospitals so lives can continue to be saved every day.”

Anyone who is healthy and 16 years old or older can give blood. Blood can be donated every 56 days and platelets can be given as often as every seven days, up to 24 times a year.

Appointments to donate can be made online at obi.org or by calling 877-340-8777.