Dawn Dodson (right), an officer with the Fort Smith Police Department, donates blood with the help of Arkansas Blood Institute phlebotomist Samantha Valenzuela, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at an annual Bleed Blue Blood Drive outside the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Smith. The event took place inside one of the Arkansas Blood Institute’s Bloodmobiles and lasted throughout the day, with the institute vowing to donate $10 for every blood donor to the nonprofit Concerns Of...
more »

Dawn Dodson (right), an officer with the Fort Smith Police Department, donates blood with the help of Arkansas Blood Institute phlebotomist Samantha Valenzuela, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at an annual Bleed Blue Blood Drive outside the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Smith. The event took place inside one of the Arkansas Blood Institute’s Bloodmobiles and lasted throughout the day, with the institute vowing to donate $10 for every blood donor to the nonprofit Concerns Of Police Survivors. Dodson said she tries to donate blood when she can, including other law enforcement-themed events such as the Fort Smith Boots and Badges Community Blood Drive Challenge that takes place each summer. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)
« less