{"id":155818,"date":"2026-04-02T23:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155818\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:09:24","slug":"walnut-creek-students-donate-blood-in-honor-of-erie-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155818\/","title":{"rendered":"Walnut Creek students donate blood in honor of Erie baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Community Blood Bank visited the Walnut Creek Middle School for what they call a heart-to-heart blood drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Baby Arty was born prematurely and needed over 50 blood transfusions to survive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/semi-truck-fire-on-interstate-90-halts-traffic-thursday\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Semi-truck fire on Interstate 90 halts traffic Thursday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Semi-truck fire on Interstate 90 halts traffic Thursday&quot;}\"> Semi-truck fire on Interstate 90 halts traffic Thursday <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His aunt and the principal of Walnut Creek Middle School said that while the school hosts a blood drive each year, their family thought it was a good idea to use baby Arty\u2019s story to encourage more donations and save more lives<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhen something really bad happens, all you can do is try to make something good out of it, and our family has tried to do a couple different things to give back to the community wherever we can,\u201d said Kimberly Damecott, baby Arty\u2019s aunty &amp; school principal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/mercyhurst-students-speaks-out-after-program-cuts\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mercyhurst students speaks out after program cuts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mercyhurst students speaks out after program cuts&quot;}\"> Mercyhurst students speaks out after program cuts <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Damecott said that it feels amazing to have so many people show up and donate, especially after what her family has been through<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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