{"id":411082,"date":"2026-07-24T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411082\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:57:10","slug":"the-big-fresno-fair-blog-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411082\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Fresno Fair | Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BFF263707_PintForAPass_BloodDrive_Social_Story_Ariya-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8293\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BFF263707_PintForAPass_BloodDrive_Social_Launch_1080x1350-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8292\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re just one month out from our 16th Annual \u201cPint for a Pass\u201d Blood Drive with Central California Blood Center! \ud83e\ude78\ud83c\udfa1\ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The special kick-off event happens Tuesday, August 25 from 5 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m. in the Commerce Building at the Fresno Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roll up your sleeve and:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Receive a BOGO Fair admission voucher<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb6 Enter a drawing for concert and Grandstand entertainment tickets<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf3d Enjoy FREE corn dogs &amp; kettle corn at the kick-off event!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full blood drive runs Tuesday, August 25 through Sunday, October 18 at Central California Blood Center donor centers and mobile locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every pint makes a difference. Check out Ariya Behrens\u2019 story in the graphic to see the real impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more details on the \u201cPint for a Pass\u201d Blood Drive, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnofair.com\/blooddrive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re just one month out from our 16th Annual \u201cPint for a Pass\u201d Blood Drive with Central California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-411082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}