Our Blood Institute will have a blood drive with the city of Wichita Falls Parks Department 9:30 a.m. to noon Friday at the Wichita Falls Parks & Recreation Department, 3315 Ninth Street, according to a media release from the organization.
The institute will team with NBA champion Jaylin Williams for the drive.
“Anyone who is healthy and 16 years old or older can give blood. Donation typically takes only about an hour, and one donation saves up to three lives,” the media release said.
Williams, known popularly as “JWill,” “continues to give back to the community that supports him by helping raise awareness about the ongoing need for blood donors,” the release said.
It said “selected donors will have the opportunity to hear directly from Williams during an unscripted, in-person conversation covering basketball, community, life and more.”
The release said Our Blood Institute is the seventh-largest independent blood center in the nation with 17 donor centers in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: JWill teams with OBI for Wichita Falls blood drive
Reporting by Lynn Walker, Wichita Falls Times Record News / Wichita Falls Times Record News
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