{"id":770238,"date":"2026-06-30T03:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770238\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T03:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:34:21","slug":"surge-of-blood-donors-needed-around-canada-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770238\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge of blood donors needed around Canada Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b92d78db-8c55-4381-89ba-d71b4869ed89-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: ID 27370195 \u00a9  Amoklv | Dreamstime.com)<\/p>\n<p>By Josh Hall<\/p>\n<p>a canadian act of generosity<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 29, 2026 | 7:49 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>With Canada Day upon us, Canadian Blood Services is putting out the call once again for an increase in donations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, 46 per cent of Canadians believe donating blood is a uniquely Canadian act of generosity.<\/p>\n<p>More than 70 per cent believe it is one of the most meaningful ways people can give back, they add.<\/p>\n<p>And the need is always on the rise around statutory holidays, due to several factors, including increases in alcohol consumption and injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: ID 27370195 \u00a9 Amoklv | Dreamstime.com) By Josh Hall a canadian act of generosity Jun 29,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-770238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}