{"id":106735,"date":"2025-12-31T22:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106735\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T22:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:19:08","slug":"we-are-blood-marks-75th-anniversary-with-central-texas-blood-drive-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106735\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Blood marks 75th anniversary with Central Texas blood drive campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/weareblood.org\/get-started\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We Are Blood <\/a>is encouraging Central Texas to kick off the new year by donating blood at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of its 75th anniversary, the organization will host its <a href=\"https:\/\/weareblood.org\/blog\/2026-partners-for-patients\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Partners for Patients<\/a> event from Jan. 2-9 at nearly 20 hospitals and emergency medical service agencies across Central Texas. The blood drive campaign, held during National Blood Donor Month, is intended to combat blood shortages experienced during and after the holidays, according to We Are Blood information.<\/p>\n<p>The details <\/p>\n<p>Interested participants <a href=\"https:\/\/weareblood.org\/blog\/2026-partners-for-patients\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for a time slot <\/a>to donate blood at the following locations from Jan. 2-9:<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 2<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 5Jan. 6Jan. 7Jan. 8Jan. 9Also of note <\/p>\n<p>Participating hospitals and EMS providers will compete to receive the most blood donations from their employees and visitors. The location with the most donations will earn a trophy and \u201cbragging rights,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Donors will receive a Partners for Patients \u201c75 Years of Saving Lives, Together\u201d long-sleeve T-shirt and have the opportunity to win a private dinner with a guest at <a href=\"https:\/\/franklinbbq.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franklin Barbecue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the holidays, emergencies do not slow down,\u201d said Davis Winget, Williamson County clinical practices captain, in a news release. \u201cAs first responders, we see firsthand how donated blood saves lives every day. Partnering with We Are Blood helps ensure patients have what they need when it matters most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did you know<\/p>\n<p>We Are Blood is the sole supplier of blood to over 50 hospitals and medical groups across 10 counties in Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The organization requires 200 donations per day to meet local demand, according to We Are Blood. These donations help save the lives of Central Texans, including cancer patients, children undergoing surgery, or someone experiencing a traumatic emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We Are Blood is encouraging Central Texas to kick off the new year by donating blood at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[48188,132,134,133,48187,48183,48192,48178,48181,48191,48186,48179,48190,48185,48184,48193,48182,48189,48180,19438],"class_list":["post-106735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-ascension-seton-blood-donation","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-baylor-scott-white-blood-drive","tag-blood-donation-central-texas","tag-blood-donation-january","tag-blood-donations-in-austin","tag-central-texas-blood-drive","tag-central-texas-hospitals","tag-donate-blood-austin-area","tag-donating-blood-in-austin","tag-emergency-blood-shortages","tag-hospital-blood-drive","tag-national-blood-donor-month","tag-nonprofit-blood-bank-texas","tag-partners-for-patients","tag-st-davids-medical-center-blood-drive","tag-we-are-blood","tag-where-to-donate-blood-in-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}