{"id":3325,"date":"2011-02-17T23:10:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T04:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2011-02-18T00:53:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T05:53:16","slug":"red-cross-month-perfect-for-giving-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/02\/17\/red-cross-month-perfect-for-giving-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross Month perfect for giving blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>American Red Cross information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>March is the perfect time to give blood since March is Red Cross Month and the 60<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChances are, wherever you live or wherever you go, you\u2019re likely to encounter someone whose life has been touched by blood donation through the Red Cross,\u201d said Sharyn Whitman, CEO for the Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be an organization of people who band together to help their neighbors\u2014be they next door or around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Red-Cross-logo-4-2009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Red-Cross-logo-4-2009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a>Red Cross officials say it\u2019s easy to get involved in helping to effect change in your community. Volunteers can give blood, donate their time and talents, or make financial contributions. Nationwide, more than 500,000 volunteers make a difference through Red Cross services like blood donations, disaster relief, health and safety training, support to military members and families and international aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re wondering how you can make a difference, you can \u2013 through your American Red Cross,\u201d said Whitman. \u201cWe offer countless opportunities for you to help save the day for someone in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Cross delivers humanitarian and community services through about 650 locally supported chapters, and collects blood through a network of 36 blood regions. In the last year, those chapters responded to nearly 70,000 disasters, while blood regions distributed approximately 9 million blood products to about 3,000 hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVolunteer blood donors make it possible for us to supply lifesaving blood to those in need,\u201d said Whitman. \u201cWe hope the public will donate blood this March in celebration of our region\u2019s 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary and as a way to help others through the American Red Cross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming area Red Cross blood drives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 11, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the ballroom at Moose Lodge 1320, 740 W. Ervin Road in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Red Cross information March is the perfect time to give blood since March is Red Cross Month and the 60th Anniversary of the Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region. \u201cChances are, wherever you live or wherever you go, you\u2019re likely to encounter someone whose life has been touched by blood donation through the Red Cross,\u201d said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 21:30:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}