Blood Center
seeks donors
The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, has teamed up with LifeSouth Community Blood Center in Florida to present an exciting new challenge blood drive. The What Color Do You Bleed Challenge is a competition drive that pits Arkansas blood donors against donors in Florida in advance of their SEC football matchup on Nov. 14.
The What Color Do You Bleed Challenge takes place Nov. 9-13 at CBCO donor centers in Bentonville and Springdale, as well as several other blood drives across the region. Those include:
Nov. 9
Bentonville – 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Word of Life, 808 S.W. 14th St.
Rogers – 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Rogers Activity Center, 315 W. Olive St.
Fayetteville – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Living Faith Church, 1351 S. Morningside Drive
Nov. 10
Bentonville – 9 a.m.-3 p.m., First Baptist Church, 200 S.W. A St.
Siloam Springs – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., New Life Church, 1611 Cheri Whitlock Drive
Nov. 11
Fayetteville – 8-11 a.m., Physicians' Specialty Hospital, 3873 N. Parkview Drive
Fayetteville – 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Torchy's Tacos, 1541 M.L.K. Jr. Blvd.
Rogers – 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Torchy's Tacos, 4950 W. Pauline Whitaker Pkwy.
Nov. 12
Lowell – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lowell Community Blood Drive - First Baptist Church, 130 Jefferson
Harrison – Noon-6 p.m., North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, 620 N. Main St.
Fayetteville – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
Nov. 13
Prairie Grove -- 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Prairie Grove Christian Church, 611 Wayne Villines Road
Fayetteville – 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Washington Regional Medical Center, 12 E. Appleby Road
Successful donors during the What Color Do You Bleed Challenge will receive a custom event T-shirt featuring your favorite team. Donors will also receive a coupon good for a free queso dip from Torchy's Tacos.
Donors are strongly encouraged to make an appointment to give to maintain social distancing guidelines and improve donor flow. Masks are required at this drive. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided for you.
Information: cbco.org/whatcolor.
WelcomeHealth
receives $25,000
WelcomeHealth recently received a grant from Direct Relief with help from Baxter International Foundation for diabetes care for low-income individuals. The funding is centered around an initiative that incorporates nutrition education in clinical care to improve diabetes health outcomes.
Direct Relief in conjunction with Baxter International funds will support a program in which WelcomeHealth will use taped virtual sessions from a program (DFEND) that focus on diet, food, exercise and nutrition to educate diabetic patients. This will allow patients to access the sessions during their own time and in their own space. It is hoped that after patients watch the sessions, follow the nutritional guidelines and change their diet and lifestyle, they will lower their blood glucose levels to reduce the risk of complications from diabetes. Patients will be assessed, monitored and counseled by WelcomeHealth providers and volunteers.
Information: welcomehealthnwa.org.
Library sets
workshop
The Bentonville Public Library and MSR Design is holding a drop-in public input workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Bentonville Community Center, 1101 S.W. Citizens Circle in Bentonville. There is a virtual option from 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 17. Registration will be required.
BPL's Public Input Workshop is a foundational segment of the ongoing needs assessment study. Community members are invited to share their vision for BPL's future expansion, participate in a public art project and more. During this drop-in event, participants can visit with the MSR Design team and library staff to share their opinions to make BPL the best it can be. This feedback will shape the future of the library's spaces, programs and services, collections for all ages and more.
During the public input workshop, artists of all ages will be invited to share words, images or ideas that best represent your idea of a great public library. Participants will receive art supply kits to create an individual element of a larger public art piece. Participants may keep the set of calligraphy markers upon submitting their art.
The public art project element will be hosted by local artist Ziba Rajabi. Ziba's practice primarily revolves around painting, drawing, and installation. She is the recipient of the Artist 360 Grant, she has been an artist in residence at Vermont Studio Center, and her work has been included in a number of exhibitions, both nationally and internationally.
Covid-19 Protocols: Face coverings are required; social distancing and limited capacity will be imposed.
Information: bentonvillelibrary.org.
Writers Colony
seeks work
The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow is looking for submissions to be considered for publication in their online literary magazine eMerge, Issue 9. Writers and artists work in the loneliest of all professions, inside their heads. Those daring enough to create and reveal something of their inner natures, are to be lauded.
Deadline for submissions for Issue 9 of eMerge is Dec. 15.
Information: emerge-writerscolony.org/submission-guidelines.
Hope Cancer
offers support
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Throughout the month of November, Hope Cancer Resources will shine a light on lung cancer with materials from the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer.
• Free Tobacco Cessation Program: Hope Cancer Resources' certified health education specialist is available to support members of the community who are looking to quit smoking with nicotine replacement therapy and counseling.
• Emotional Support Through Cancer Battle: Hope Cancer Resources' team of counselors and social workers are supporting cancer patients and their families every day with a focus on emotional health, no matter the circumstance.
• Virtual Wellness Classes For Cancer Patients and Caregivers: The Wellness Center for Hope at Hope Cancer Resources has created a yoga and fitness class schedule via Zoom and Facebook Live.
Information: (479) 361-5847.
OLLI sets
new classes
The Osher Lifelong Institute at the University of Arkansas announces the following classes for the upcoming week:
• Nov. 9: "Pandemic Series: Cholera" (online). In this course, participants will study specific cholera outbreaks, see the trajectory of public and cultural perception of the disease over two centuries, learn about the crucial role of sanitation and its proponents in mitigating the disease, and explore how inequality of resources leaves certain populations, governments, and economies vulnerable in its wake. Participants will learn how to identify the mechanisms of transmission of cholera and how doctors came to understand the epidemiology of this disease; account for the discrepancies between the ways that scientists, public health authorities, governments, and the public at large understood and therefore responded to cholera; and to evaluate how nineteenth-century responses to cholera could provide both positive and negative models for policymakers today to combat covid-19. $29. All are welcome.
• Nov. 10: "Three Decades of Adventure & Misadventure in Arctic Alaska," $25 members, $40 nonmembers.
• Nov. 12: "They All Played Ragtime: A History of the Music That Changed America" (in-person/online). $45 members, $60 nonmembers; "Trails Near You: Joe Clark Trail at Lake Wilson," $19 members, $34 nonmembers.
• Nov. 16: "1918 Flu Pandemic" (online," $29. All are welcome.
Information: (479) 575-4545 or olli.uark.edu.
Poinsettias
help Peel
The Peel Compton Foundation is holding a poinsettia sale. Each poinsettia is $20 and a portion of the proceeds benefit the Peel Compton Foundation's annual programming. There are 400 red and 100 white poinsettias available for purchase. Each purchase comes with a thank you card, making them a perfect gift for the holiday season.
There will be a curbside, no contact pick-up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 5 at The Peel Mansion, 400 S. Walton Blvd., in Bentonville.
Information: peelcompton.org/shop.
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