{"id":21876,"date":"2019-02-04T09:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/?p=21876"},"modified":"2019-02-04T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T14:58:58","slug":"its-national-heart-month-donate-blood-to-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/2019\/02\/04\/its-national-heart-month-donate-blood-to-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s National Heart Month. Donate Blood to Save Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that up to three lives can be saved when you donate one pint of blood?<\/p>\n<p>Donating blood is a safe, simple, and satisfying experience. More than four million Americans need a blood transfusion each year; someone needs blood every two seconds. No matter what your blood type, give a pint.<\/p>\n<p>But before you do, be aware of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bring a donor card or ID<\/li>\n<li>Minimum weight for donors is 110 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>You must not have had a tattoo within the last 12 months<\/li>\n<li>Eat well and drink plenty of fluids before donating<\/li>\n<li>If you have questions about your eligibility, call 800-688-0900<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information or to make an appointment, contact <strong><a href=\"mailto:smithwnj@farmingdale.edu\">Nancy Smithwick<\/a><\/strong>, Health and Wellness Center; 631-420-2136.<\/p>\n<p>Help spread the word. Print and post <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/february_2019_blood_drive.pdf\">this flyer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that up to three lives can be saved when you donate one pint of blood? Donating blood is a safe, simple, and satisfying experience. More than four million Americans need a blood transfusion each year; someone needs blood every two seconds. No matter what your blood type, give a pint. But before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":19839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21876"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21942,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876\/revisions\/21942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}