{"id":42750,"date":"2013-09-09T05:27:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T10:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=42750"},"modified":"2013-09-09T05:27:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T10:27:03","slug":"red-cross-seeks-blood-donations-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/09\/09\/red-cross-seeks-blood-donations-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross seeks blood donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Red Cross news<\/i><\/p>\n

The American Red Cross is urging blood donations during September to help support the initiatives of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur blood donors help make a difference for many types of patients, including children with cancer and those who need ongoing treatment for sickle cell disease,\u201d said Sharyn Whitman, CEO Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region. \u201cBlood transfusions are crucial to both groups of individuals and play an important part in helping to extend and save their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>According to the American Cancer Society\u2019s webpage, about 11,630 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2013. Cancer patients need frequent transfusions, often involving multiple blood products, particularly during chemotherapy and radiation therapies.<\/p>\n

Blood transfusions also help those who have sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder that occurs more commonly in African Americans, but can also affect other ethnic groups. The distorted red blood cells in SCD patients can cause physical pain, stroke, anemia and organ damage. Although there is no cure at this time, multiple red blood cell transfusions can help protect SCD patients from some of the complications of the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteady and consistent blood donations are key to a strong blood supply,\u201d said Whitman. \u201cThere is a wide variety of medical conditions requiring blood transfusion, and the only source are volunteer blood donors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents have the opportunity to donate at this local blood drive: Friday, September 27, from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m., in the Family Life Center gymnasium at Trinity Friends Church, 605 N. Franklin St. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Red Cross news The American Red Cross is urging blood donations during September to help support the initiatives of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month. \u201cOur blood donors help make a difference for many types of patients, including children with cancer and those who need ongoing treatment for sickle […]<\/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-42750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 20:25:05","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\/42750","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=42750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}