{"id":91743,"date":"2025-12-17T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/91743\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:42:07","slug":"support-local-patients-during-national-blood-donor-month-in-january-blue-ribbon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/91743\/","title":{"rendered":"Support local patients during National Blood Donor Month in January \u2013 Blue Ribbon News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rockwall, TX (December 17, 2025) \u2013 Resolve to help others in the new year by giving blood during National Blood Donor Month in January, recognizing\u00a0the importance of donors in building a safe, available blood supply.<\/p>\n<p>Blood donors make a difference for people hurt in traffic accidents, children fighting cancer, burn patients, older adults with age-related health issues, patients with bone marrow disorders, mothers having difficult childbirths, and many others in need. Blood donated locally with Carter BloodCare stays local to treat Texas patients.<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Lighthouse and Carter BloodCare host January blood drive<\/p>\n<p>Residents can begin donating at age 16 with parental consent; those 17 and older can donate independently with Carter BloodCare. Eligible donors must also weigh at least 110 pounds and feel well at time of donation.<\/p>\n<p>For details and to pick a donation slot, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carterbloodcare.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CarterBloodCare.org<\/a> or call 800-366-2834.<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by Sonia Chiessa-Ortiz, Carter BloodCare, edited for publication in Blue Ribbon News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"posttags\">\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blueribbonnews.com\/tag\/blood-drive\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blood drive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blueribbonnews.com\/tag\/carter-bloodcare\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carter BloodCare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blueribbonnews.com\/tag\/childrens-lighthouse\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">children\u2019s lighthouse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blueribbonnews.com\/tag\/feature\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">feature<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blueribbonnews.com\/tag\/national-blood-donor-month\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Blood Donor Month<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blueribbonnews.com\/tag\/rockwall\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rockwall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rockwall, TX (December 17, 2025) \u2013 Resolve to help others in the new year by giving blood during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-91743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91743","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=91743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}