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Give Back on MLK Day; Bone Marrow and Blood Drive

The event is being sponsored by 10 News and Bealls, and will be held on Jan. 16.

A blood and bone marrow donor registry drive is being held on Martin Luther King Day to drum up minority donors during the National Marrow Donor Program's "Be the Match" Registry.

Daniel Eberts, a spokesman for FBS, said every seven patients who enter a hospital need a blood transfusion, prompting the need for blood drives like this one. In addition, January is the month of highest blood usage in Tampa Bay.

"There are no artificial substitutes," he said, "which is why healthy people need to pay it forward."

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Locally, 10 News and Bealls teamed up to sponsor the event on Jan. 16, which will place bloodmobiles from Florida Blood Services at the following Bealls stores in the area from noon until 6 p.m.:

  • 3140 Tampa Road in Oldsmar
  • 15792 N. Dale Mabry Highway
  • 15427 North Dale Mabry Hwy.

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