The Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) will be holding blood drives throughout Ponca City and the surrounding area in the remainder of the month of October.

OBI will be offering free A1c testing and COVID-19 antibody testing. The t-shirt incentive for the event has a spooky theme to match Halloween and also glows in the dark.

The locations and dates for the drives are as follows:

RCB Bank at the corner of

Highland and 14th on Oct. 14 from 9:30 am to 12 pm.

Central Baptist Church on Oct. 14 from 12:30 pm to 3 pm.

House FM on Oct. 14 from 2 pm to 5 pm.

RecPlex on Oct. 18 from 4 pm to 7 pm.

Equity Bank in Newkirk on Oct. 20 from 2 pm to 7 pm.

Tonkawa High School on Oct. 21 from 9 am to 2 pm.

AllianceHealth in Ponca City on Oct. 26 from 10 am to 3 pm.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, got to OBI.org or call 580-233-9323.