{"id":9335,"date":"2012-06-14T00:06:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T05:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=9335"},"modified":"2012-06-22T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T15:29:53","slug":"3rd-annual-guns-n-hoses-blood-drive-scheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/06\/3rd-annual-guns-n-hoses-blood-drive-scheduled\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Guns n\u2019 <BR>Hoses Blood Drive Scheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9336\" title=\"Blood drop\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Blood-drop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"195\" \/>In order to combat <strong>Summer Blood Shortages<\/strong> in our community, Law Enforcement &amp; Firefighters have joined forces to encourage the public to donate blood.\u00a0 We estimate that 6,500 units of blood will be consumed in our community this summer alone! \u00a0All blood collected benefits the patients of the Lee Memorial Health System. No blood is ever exported out of our area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">Those who donate\u00a0will receive a Special Editions Guns n\u2019 Hoses T-shirt and a coupon for free Rita&#8217;s Ice, snacks and juice<\/p>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><em><strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>Tues. June 19 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lehigh Fire Station 102 on <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?sugexp=chrome,mod%3D4&amp;q=11+Homestead+Rd+S,+Lehigh+Acres&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x88db73a9d09ab165:0xb3509520ae5885bd,11+Homestead+Rd+S,+Lehigh+Acres,+FL+33936&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=ybPPT_btIqji0QHd3-T7Bw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CAsQ8gEwAA\">11 Homestead Rd S, Lehigh Acres<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The requirements to give blood are:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\nAge: At least 17 years old (16 with written parental consent) and in good general health. There is no upper age limit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Weight: Minimum of 115 pounds.<br \/>\nIdentification: Must provide photo I.D. with date of birth.<br \/>\nFood: Eat a good meal before giving and drink plenty of fluids. Medications:\u00a0 Many medications such as insulin, blood pressure, thyroid, cholesterol, aspirin, antidepressants, and hormone replacement do not necessarily prevent someone from giving blood. Call 343-2333 with any questions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to combat Summer Blood Shortages in our community, Law Enforcement &amp; Firefighters have joined forces to encourage the public to donate blood.\u00a0 We estimate that 6,500 units of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}