{"id":45615,"date":"2013-11-21T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=45615"},"modified":"2013-11-21T08:35:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T13:35:04","slug":"holidays-also-good-time-to-give-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/11\/21\/holidays-also-good-time-to-give-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays also good time to give blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>American Red Cross information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The holidays bring families and friends together to share in celebrations and special times of giving. But for families dealing with a cancer diagnosis or other major illness, the holidays can be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross\u2019 \u201cGive Something that Means Something\u201d winter campaign runs through Jan. 6, 2014, and encourages eligible donors to give something meaningful this holiday season by donating blood or platelets for hospital patients in need.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MGN Online graphic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Red-Cross-Blood-Donation-artwork-8-2011.jpg\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Red-Cross-Blood-Donation-artwork-8-2011.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-42092\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"Red Cross-Blood Donation artwork 8-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Red-Cross-Blood-Donation-artwork-8-2011.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Red-Cross-Blood-Donation-artwork-8-2011.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Red-Cross-Blood-Donation-artwork-8-2011-550x415.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a>\u201cHistorically, during the winter months of November, December and January, fewer donors make the time to give blood due to competing seasonal activities, celebrations and holiday shopping,\u201d said Sharyn Whitman, CEO of the Red Cross Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region. \u201cBy doing something that doesn\u2019t cost a thing, you can give an amazing gift \u2013 you can offer hope to a patient in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blood donations can help fathers like Larry. Larry\u2019s premature twins needed blood to survive. Thanks to the Red Cross, it was there. Larry has been a blood donor for more than 20 years and every time he donates, he\u2019s reminded of the opportunity he has to give something that means something.<\/p>\n<p>Blood donors are encouraged to invite a loved one to follow in their footsteps and donate blood this holiday season. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/rcblood.org\/HolidayPostcard\">http:\/\/rcblood.org\/HolidayPostcard<\/a> to upload a picture of a Red Cross blood donation and send a postcard to a loved one. For more information or to make an appointment to give blood or platelets, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/redcrossblood.org\/\"><b>redcrossblood.org<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>or call 800.RED.CROSS (800.733.2767)<\/p>\n<p><b>Upcoming blood donation opportunities:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, December 9, from 2-6 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church in the gymnasium, 6727 Ohio 49 in Convoy.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, December 12, from 12:30-6:30 p.m. at Trinity Friends Church in the gymnasium, 605 N. Franklin St. in Van Wert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Red Cross information The holidays bring families and friends together to share in celebrations and special times of giving. But for families dealing with a cancer diagnosis or other major illness, the holidays can be difficult. The American Red Cross\u2019 \u201cGive Something that Means Something\u201d winter campaign runs through Jan. 6, 2014, and encourages [&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-45615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 07:46:50","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\/45615","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=45615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}