{"id":10253,"date":"2016-01-11T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2016-01-11T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T01:00:27","slug":"pumc-to-host-blood-drive-12916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=10253","title":{"rendered":"PUMC to Host Blood Drive (1\/29\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Cross will visit our Fellowship Hall on Friday January 29 to give us a chance to help replenish their blood banks.\u00a0 Local hospitals are always in need of blood; transfusions and re-supply to save lives every day.<\/p>\n<p>Consider doing your part.\u00a0 If you are able to donate, please stop by our church any time between 2:00 &#8211; 7:00 PM.\u00a0 You should expect to spend 60 minutes for a whole blood donation (or 90 minutes for a double red donation).<br \/>\nWalk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred.\u00a0 There are several options to set up an appointment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call 800-RED-CROSS<\/li>\n<li>Or go to RedCrossBlood.org.\u00a0 Enter Sponsor Code: &#8220;Pitman UMC&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>or, do the above by clicking this button:\u00a0 <a href='http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give\/drive\/driveSearchList.jsp?zipSponsor=pitman+umc' class='icon-button heart-icon' target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pitman UMC Drive<\/span><span class='et-icon'><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All\u00a0 participating donors will receive the fulfillment of knowing they may have just saved a life.\u00a0 And beyond that- all donors will also receive a voucher for a free pound of Dunkin Donuts coffee!<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tips and requirements for donors&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Be in good health and feeling well. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Be at least 17 years old. Weigh at least 110 pounds. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hydrate. Eat a healthy meal before donating. Avoid fatty foods. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wear something where the sleeves can be rolled up. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring a list of medications you are taking. Bring an ID.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The need is constant. The gratification is instant. Give blood.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Cross will visit our Fellowship Hall on Friday January 29 to give us a chance to help replenish their blood banks.\u00a0 Local hospitals are always in need of blood; transfusions and re-supply to save lives every day. Consider doing your part.\u00a0 If you are able to donate, please stop by our church any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evann","category-mission-aroundtowns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10256,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253\/revisions\/10256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}