{"id":143967,"date":"2026-03-20T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/143967\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:45:10","slug":"blood-bank-combats-critical-blood-supply-and-high-gas-prices-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/143967\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Bank Combats Critical Blood Supply and High Gas Prices | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Untitled design - 1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Community Blood Bank from March 21 to March 27 will gift donors a $15 gift card to provide relief at the pump during a time when gas prices are on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Blood supply is critical at this time, and this promotion hopes to encourage donations from the community. Donations ensure vital blood is available for patients in need of transfusions, trauma, cancer treatments, and other medical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery donation makes a direct impact on patients in our local hospitals,\u201d said Megan Solensky, Community Relations Specialist at the Community Blood Bank. \u201cWe know rising gas prices are affecting everyone, so we wanted to give back to our donors in a meaningful and practical way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be made at the Community Blood Bank Donor Center at 2646 Peach Street.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled appointments are not needed but are encouraged and can be made by calling (814) 456-4206.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Community Blood Bank from March 21 to March 27 will gift donors a $15 gift card to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[48107,24152,524,65833,136,138,137,8098],"class_list":["post-143967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-blood-bank","tag-blood-donation","tag-community","tag-donors","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-gas-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}