{"id":62375,"date":"2015-04-02T07:20:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T12:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=62375"},"modified":"2015-04-02T07:20:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T12:20:41","slug":"kinstles-to-host-red-cross-bloodmobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/04\/02\/kinstles-to-host-red-cross-bloodmobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinstle&#8217;s to host Red Cross bloodmobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>American Red Cross information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross encourages eligible blood donors to make a difference in the lives of patients this spring by giving blood.<\/p>\n<p>Donated blood is perishable and must be constantly replenished to keep up with the demand. Red blood cells, with a shelf life of only 42 days, are the most frequently transfused blood component, and are always needed by hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Cross-blood-drive-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5875\" alt=\"Red Cross blood drive logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Red-Cross-blood-drive-logo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a>Eligible donors can give red cells through either a regular whole blood donation or a double red cell donation, where available. Double red cell donations yield twice the usual amount of red cells in a single appointment and are accepted at select donation locations. Double red cell donors must meet additional eligibility criteria, which will be determined at the donation appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative. Whole blood can be donated every 56 days, and double red cells may be donated every 112 days, up to three times per year.<\/p>\n<p>To find a donation opportunity or make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross blood donor app at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\">redcrossblood.org<\/a> or call 800.733.2767.<\/p>\n<p><b>Upcoming blood donation opportunities<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. &#8212; Lee Kinstle Sales and Service, 650 West Ervin Road in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Red Cross information The American Red Cross encourages eligible blood donors to make a difference in the lives of patients this spring by giving blood. Donated blood is perishable and must be constantly replenished to keep up with the demand. Red blood cells, with a shelf life of only 42 days, are the most [&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-62375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 13:39:47","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\/62375","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=62375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}