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Sporting KC, Community Blood Center to host Children’s Mercy Park blood drive on October 6

Community Blood Center and Sporting Kansas City are teaming up to host another life-saving blood drive at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The drive will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 12-6 p.m. inside the Budweiser Brew House, located in the northeast corner of the stadium at the intersection of France Family Drive and Village West Parkway.

Appointments are strongly encouraged and walk-ins will only be accepted as capacity safely allows. Make an appointment by clicking here or by calling 1-877-468-6844.

All donors are asked to wear masks to their donation regardless of vaccination status. Donors must be 14 days symptom free if recovered from COVID-19, cannot donate if they have a positive diagnostic test or experienced symptoms of COVID-19 in the last 14 days, and cannot donate if they are currently on self-quarantine restrictions.

For more information regarding CBC's response to COVID-19, click here. For medical eligibility questions, call 800-688-0900.