Payson Roundup | Payson, AZ

Participate in the March Rim Country area blood drive and be entered to win Diamondbacks Party Suite tickets.

United Blood Services and the Arizona Diamondbacks have partnered to hit a home run for Arizona hospital patients. All March blood donors will have a chance to win one of 25 pairs of party suite tickets to the April 21 game when the team takes on the Atlanta Braves, courtesy of the D-backs. For more information, or to schedule a donation appointment to Find the Hero in You, call 1-877-UBS-HERO (1-877-827-4376) toll-free or visit www.United BloodServicesAZ.org.

All blood types are needed, however, Type O-negative is always in greatest demand.

The Payson blood drive is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, March 19 at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane.

United Blood Services has been Arizona’s non-profit community blood provider since 1943 and serves patients in more than 50 Arizona hospitals.

The UBS network is one of the nation’s oldest and largest non-profit blood service organizations, and is a founding member of America’s Blood Centers and the American Association of Blood Banks. For more information on how to Find the Hero in You, please call 1-877-UBS-HERO (1-877-827-4376) toll-free or visit www.UnitedBlood ServicesAZ.org.

Entering their 15th season in 2012, the Arizona Diamondbacks have won five National League West Division Championships (1999, 2001-02, 2007 & 2011) since entering Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1998.

The D-backs also became the fastest expansion team to win a World Championship after defeating the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series in only their fourth year of existence. The organization and its Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation has donated $30 million to non-profit organizations in Arizona since 1997.