Joplin Blood Center of the Ozarks relocates
JOPLIN, Mo. — It's a change for the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks.
Its donor center in Joplin closed last week inside Northpark Mall after an almost 20-year run.
Monday, it opened at its new location at 2318 Suite-D East 32nd Street. It's the building that sits across the street from the shopping strip where, in part, Big Biscuit and the UPS Store are located.
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The move has been a couple of years in the making. This facility can handle more donors at once.
'So the purpose for the move was to expand and be able to collect more blood donations at one time. So we have — went from four donor beds to eight donor beds. That is beneficial to meet the local need of the hospitals that we service, so that we can get to the collection we need of 200 blood donations a day,' said Michelle Teter, CBCO Field Representative.
Folks interested in donating can check out the organization's locations and hours here.
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