{"id":51806,"date":"2014-05-16T06:26:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T11:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=51806"},"modified":"2014-05-16T06:26:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T11:26:48","slug":"red-cross-schedules-local-blood-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/05\/16\/red-cross-schedules-local-blood-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross schedules local blood drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>American Red Cross information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross encourages all eligible donors to choose their day to help save lives by giving blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, on June 14, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The occasion raises awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products, and thanks voluntary blood donors for their lifesaving gifts of blood.<\/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>\u201cWorld Blood Donor Day comes at a very important time each year,\u201d said Sharyn Whitman, CEO of the Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region. \u201cSummer can be a challenging time for blood donations, with fewer donors available to donate blood due to busy summer schedules. World Blood Donor Day gives us an opportunity to highlight the need for blood during the summer months and year-round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World Blood Donor Day occurs on day 21 of the Red Cross\u2019 \u201c100 Days of Summer. 100 Days of Hope.\u201d campaign. Whitman added that it\u2019s a perfect time for donors to help save lives and boost the blood supply for patients in need.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and make an appointment to donate blood, visit the Red Cross blood donation website at <a href=\"http:\/\/redcrossblood.org\/\">redcrossblood.org<\/a> or call 800.RED.CROSS.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming blood donation opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, June 5, from 12:30-6:30 p.m. at Elks Lodge 1197, 1197 Elks Drive in Van Wert.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, June 11, from 2-7 p.m. at Vancrest of Convoy, 510 Tully St. in Convoy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Red Cross information The American Red Cross encourages all eligible donors to choose their day to help save lives by giving blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day. Every year, on June 14, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The occasion raises awareness of the need for safe blood and [&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-51806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 10:57:48","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\/51806","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=51806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}