 A blood screening can help many people detect if they're at risk for health problems but one in Bemidji is also helping the community. Hedy Clatter tells us how the Bemidji Rotary Club is partnering up with Sanford Bemidji to bring health awareness and raise funds for a local playground. The Bemidji Rotary Club is an organization of local businesses and community members that do philanthropic work. The club hosted its third annual blood screening event at Sanford Bemidji. This event is a benefit to the community in that the Rotary Club is receiving part of the funds from the screening to go towards the inclusive playground. Last year 500 people showed up at the screenings and more than $5,000 was raised. The club made a hundred thousand dollar commitment toward the funds for the playground. Paul Bunyan inclusive playground that was put up last summer at the waterfront provides a place to play for kids of all abilities and it looks like it's been very well received. No appointment was necessary. Anyone could walk up, pay $35 upfront and then be seen. There was one requirement for the blood screening. We just asked that you be fasting to get accurate results for the test. The blood test includes screening for glucose cholesterol and hemoglobin. The low-cost screening also lets people be proactive about their health. It's just having some awareness and maybe catching something that you wouldn't have necessarily caught during your last routine visit. Many people from Sanford are in the Rotary Club so the partnership seems like a good fit. It's beneficial to the community from a health standpoint and a health awareness but it also contributes to some of the community initiatives that Rotary has. People can receive test results electronically through Sanford MyChart or they can be mailed. In Bemidji, Haiti-Claude, Lakeland News. The screenings will continue tomorrow and Wednesday from 7 in the morning until 10 in the morning at Sanford Bemidji. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.