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November 3, 2009

Two blood drives set this week for Muskogee

Donors will save lives and receive their choice of a free University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State University blood donor T-shirt at both of two Muskogee-area blood drives this week.

Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) encourages all healthy, Muskogee-area residents, age 17 and older to donate at one of the following blood drives:

• Jackson Hewitt Tax Service from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the OBI bloodmobile at Jackson Hewitt, 2177 Chandler Road.

For information or to make an appointment, contact Keri Morgan: 686-6800. Free lunch for all donors from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donors can enter to win an OU Sooners gift basket, and all donors at this drive will receive discounted tax preparation!

• First Presbyterian Church from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the church’s Nash Hall, 500 W. Broadway. For information or to make an appointment, contact Jean Kay: 687-5401. 

Along with the blood donor T-shirt, donors also receive free health screenings and Members for Life points to redeem at OBI’s online store. 

OBI provides every drop of blood needed by the Muskogee Community Hospital and the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee, as well as for most other hospitals statewide. Donations take about an hour and can be made every 56 days. Photo identification is required to donate.

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