{"id":100,"date":"2011-09-12T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T21:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/?p=100"},"modified":"2011-11-09T16:09:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T21:09:49","slug":"donate-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/2011\/09\/donate-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate this month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Why give blood?<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Just one pint of donated blood can help save the lives of several people?<\/li>\n<li>Every 3 seconds someone needs blood.<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 32,000 pints of blood are used each day in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>One out of every ten people entering the hospital needs blood.<\/li>\n<li>Shortages of all blood types occur year round, particularly during the summer and winter holidays.<\/li>\n<li>If all blood donors gave at least twice a year, it would strengthen the nation&#8217;s blood supply.<\/li>\n<li>It doesn&#8217;t take long to give blood, less than an hour from registration to refreshment.<\/li>\n<li>People who have been in car accidents and have suffered massive blood loss may require transfusions of 50 pints or more of blood \u00a0<em>(All stats are from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uihealthcare.org\/otherservices.aspx?id=1661\">DeGowin Blood Center<\/a>)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first time I gave blood was my junior year in high school. The blood drive coming to my school meant two things: one,I would be helping someone in need and two, I would get out of track practice for the day! I was pretty excited to have a day off from running, but two minutes into giving blood my vein collapsed and I ended up not being able to donate. My plan backfired and I ended up running.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/files\/2011\/09\/blackgold.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/files\/2011\/09\/blackgold-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free T-Shirt!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Donating blood is an easy and rewarding way to help someone in need. If you really need a reason to donate check out\u00a0the\u00a0list above! \u00a0It is a painless, simple and safe procedure. Just remember to take proper care of yourself before and after giving blood!\u00a0I just recently gave blood at FryFest and made a silly mistake. \u00a0After donating I went to pick up some new Iowa gear. It was a pretty busy day and we had parked on the top of the parking ramp. Forgetting that I had just given blood, \u00a0I walked up the five flights of stairs instead of waiting for the elevator. \u00a0As soon as I got to the top I started feeling dizzy, sweaty \u00a0and faint. It&#8217;s a good thing I had a friend with me because I ended up on the ground in the middle of the parking ramp!<\/p>\n<p>It is <em>very<\/em> rare that people experience any symptoms after giving blood and I assure you it will not stop me from donating in the future! I challenge everyone to find a blood drive and donate this month!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of the September blood drives on campus:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 15 <\/strong>(Get a \u00a0FREE\u00a0&#8220;I Bleed Black &amp; Gold&#8221; t-shirt)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>UIHC<br \/>\n10 am to 3 pm<br \/>\n1st Floor Pappajohn Pavilion (Elevator 1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, September 26<\/strong><br \/>\nCurrier\/Stanley<br \/>\n6 pm to 10 pm<br \/>\nMulti-Purpose Room<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 29<\/strong><br \/>\nDance Marathon<br \/>\n11 am to 3 pm<br \/>\nIMU-Iowa Room<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, September 30<\/strong><br \/>\nDance Marathon<br \/>\n11 am to 3 pm<br \/>\nIMU-Iowa Room<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why give blood? Just one pint of donated blood can help save the lives of several people? Every 3 seconds someone needs blood. Approximately 32,000 pints of blood are used each day in the U.S. One out of every ten people entering the hospital needs blood. Shortages of all blood types occur year round, particularly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/2011\/09\/donate-this-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Donate this month!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/amber\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}