Tag Archives: blood donor

Bleed Blue Blood Drive 2022

May 14, 2021

June 6-10 at Northwest Arkansas Donor Centers Community Blood Center of the Ozarks and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals are hosting our 15th annual Bleed Blue Blood Drive at CBCO’s Bentonville and Springdale donor centers! While supplies last, each Bleed Blue Blood Drive donor will receive: A voucher for two dugout premium seats to a Naturals […]

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CBCO’s Pediatric Donors Help Newborns Like Wyatt

March 29, 2021

February 2017 — Seven weeks before her baby’s due date, Jamie Matney’s perfect pregnancy took a sudden turn. She awoke at 4:00 a.m., feeling a gush. “I thought my water broke,” she said. But she had suffered a placental abruption, a condition in which the placental lining separates from the uterus. Wyatt was born via […]

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Frequent Blood Donor Becomes a Blood Recipient & Meets Two of His Donors

March 3, 2021

Sid McConnell, of Niangua, Missouri, has been a frequent blood donor at Community Blood Center of the Ozarks since 2002. In December 2020, he suddenly became a blood recipient when he underwent a quadruple bypass. While in the hospital, Sid noticed the “Thank The Donor” tags and learned how easy it would be to send […]

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Bringing Dreams to Life

May 1, 2019

Blood and platelet donation can help make dreams come true for area hospital patients in need. Imagine yourself in a medical situation – a car accident, heart surgery, burn victim, cancer patient – or any of the other conditions that could require blood transfusion. As your life flashes before your eyes, a stranger steps up […]

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Bleed Red Blood Drive 2019

February 26, 2019

Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Thomson Donor Center – 220 W. Plainview Rd., Springfield, MO – 7:00 am to 7:00 pm and Monday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Joplin Donor Center – Northpark Mall, Joplin, MO – 11:00 am to 6:00 pm When you schedule your appointment online for the […]

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