{"id":17919,"date":"2022-09-14T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=17919&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=17919"},"modified":"2022-09-14T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:29:55","slug":"blood-needed-help-those-in-need-and-donate-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/personal\/blood-needed-help-those-in-need-and-donate-today-20220914","title":{"rendered":"Blood Needed- Help Those In Need And Donate Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alton, Mo. \u2013 <\/strong>The need for blood is growing right now, especially as the weather cools down. All blood types are wanted. You can now donate to the Red Cross in Alton, even though they are often in other cities. Stop by Alton High School and give what you can.<\/p>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>The Red Cross is coming to Alton High School on Thursday, September 15, 2022. They will take donations between 1:30 pm and 5:30 pm. The Red Cross does need an appointment from you ahead of time. You can make an appointment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/give.html\/donation-time\">clicking here<\/a>. You can also call for an appointment by calling 1-800-RED CROSS.<\/p>\n<h3>Perks<\/h3>\n<p>As though donating your blood and giving the gift of life is not enough, the Red Cross is having a couple of extra deals to get donors out. On their home page, the Red Cross is offering a free t-shirt for blood donations from September 1-18, 2022. When you come to give blood, you will be automatically entered to win a VIP NASCAR racing experience. Plus, every donor receives a coupon for a free haircut by email, courtesy of Sport Clips. You can read all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/local-homepage\/events\/race-to-give.html\">details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No matter your reason for donating, the Red Cross does need blood. To simplify the donation process, they are coming to Alton High School on September 15. Let us, as a community, support them as they help those in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The need for blood is growing right now, especially as the weather cools down. All blood types are wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[243,219,201,264,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17919"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18057,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17919\/revisions\/18057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}