{"id":401274,"date":"2026-08-08T16:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401274\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:46:08","slug":"concert-ticket-giveaway-aims-to-boost-donations-for-south-texas-blood-tissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401274\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert ticket giveaway aims to boost donations for South Texas Blood &#038; Tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 South Texas Blood &amp; Tissue is offering donors a chance to win tickets to see Guns N\u2019 Roses or Iron Maiden as the organization works to address a summer blood shortage.<\/p>\n<p>Donors who give blood at any South Texas Blood &amp; Tissue donor center through Aug. 9 can enter for a chance to receive tickets to Guns N\u2019 Roses on Sept. 16 or Iron Maiden on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Donors should use the promo code \u201cROSES\u201d when scheduling for the Guns N\u2019 Roses promotion or \u201cIRON\u201d for Iron Maiden. Donors will also receive a Rock N Roll T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said there is an urgent need for type O blood, with donations typically declining during the summer because of traveling and extreme weather.<\/p>\n<p>Blood donations are used for patients experiencing emergencies and for those undergoing surgeries, cancer treatments, childbirth, and other medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Appointments can be scheduled at SouthTexasBlood.org or by calling 833-YOU-GIVE (833-968-4483).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 South Texas Blood &amp; Tissue is offering donors a chance to win tickets to see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-401274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401274","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=401274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}