The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ - Fort Smith will host its winter blood drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 29-30 in the Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, located at 800 N. 49th Street.
The blood drive is sponsored by the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Student Activities Office and the Campus Activities Board’s community events committee and is free and open to the public. All donors will receive a free t-shirt and a health screening.
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ coordinates five blood drives each year in an effort to help reach out to potential blood donors on campus. The blood is provided to the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Blood Institute, a non-profit blood center whose volunteer donors provide 100 percent of the blood needed by patients in 40 ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ hospitals.
Drop-ins are welcome, or to schedule an appointment call 479-788-7663 or email studentactivities@uafs.edu.