 Well keeping up with your blood work is one of the responsibilities of living a healthy life and today Sanford Health and the Bemidji Rotary Club gave community members a chance to get it done while also helping on a local cause. Reporter Cheryl Moore tells us about the fundraiser. As one of those things that the community is used to us doing it for a long time now it's kind of the right of spring the robins return fishing openers about to happen and it's time to go have my blood drawn. Sanford Health and the Rotary Club of Bemidji have teamed up on their annual blood screening fundraiser for four years now and both groups say it's a great partnership. Rotary Club is a service organization made up of business people, community members, professionals, some retired, some still actively working. For $35 anyone can have their blood screened. The whole process from signing up to walking out the building could take anywhere from eight to 20 minutes. We'll be able to check their cholesterol, blood lipids, also some screenings for kidney function, liver function, anemia, kind of some general health things. The money made from this fundraiser goes to fund this pollen babe all-inclusive playground. It made its debut in the fall of 2016 and is currently one of the only ones of its kind. There were a group of people in the community a number of years ago that realized that none of the playgrounds that we had were available or were used by children or adults that had disabilities and these folks were trying to brainstorm how we could do something like this and have this for our community. There wasn't only blood screenings happening at the fundraiser, attendees also had the option to get their blood pressure checked and learn about other opportunities happening at Sanford Health. Overall it's just a good chance to get everything checked out. To help you manage your own health and oftentimes if there is something that's underlying you may not be aware of, it's an opportunity for that to be discovered and then you can seek your doctor's input in that. As for the playground, the Rotary pledged $100,000 to the project and now they're on their last payment. Right now they're looking into funding their next cause. We have a list of ideas of what we might focus on for next year and we're in the process of prioritizing those and coming up with another great thing to do for the community. Reporting in Bemidji, Sean Moore, Lakeland News. You can still get a blood screening through Friday. It's available tomorrow and Friday. Just stop by Sanford Health in Bemidji anytime between 7 and 10 in the morning. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.