{"id":216341,"date":"2021-01-08T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=216341"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:00:57","slug":"battle-of-the-badges-blood-drive-jan-7-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=216341","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Badges Blood Drive Jan 7-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-188481\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BattleoftheBadges-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BattleoftheBadges-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BattleoftheBadges-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/BattleoftheBadges.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The 6th Annual Jamestown Battle of the Badges blood drive challenge begins Thursday through Saturday, with Team Law versus Team Fire.\u00a0 After a donation is made, participants\u00a0 select which team receives their vote. The winning department will then have bragging rights for the year until the next Battle of the Badges.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mejs-horizontal-volume-slider\" role=\"slider\" aria-label=\"Volume Slider\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"100\"><span class=\"mejs-offscreen\">Registration is encouraged, by walk-ins are welcome.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donation dates include Thursday January 7 from 11:30 AM to 6 PM, January 8 from 10:30 AM to 5 PM, and January 9th from 7 AM to 11:30 AM at the Jamestown Civic Center in the Exchequer Room.<\/p>\n<p>To register for the blood drive, visit bloodhero.com and search Jamestown or call Vitalant at 1-877-258-4825. Chief Edinger adds that officers and firefighters are also calling members of the public asking for their donations.<\/p>\n<p>Vitalant will also be accepting Convalescent Plasma during the event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mep_2\" class=\"mejs-container mejs-container-keyboard-inactive wp-audio-shortcode mejs-audio\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Audio Player\">\n<div class=\"mejs-inner\">\n<div class=\"mejs-controls\"><a class=\"mejs-horizontal-volume-slider\" role=\"slider\" aria-label=\"Volume Slider\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"100\">\u201cIf you\u2019ve tested positive for COVID-19 and recovered, your plasma may be able to help patients currently fighting the virus,\u201d the organization states. \u201cPlasma is the liquid portion of the blood. Using a specialized process, we separate and collect only the plasma portion of your blood and safely return the remaining components (red blood cells and platelets) to you.\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A plasma donation takes around an hour, but with the medical screening and review of health history, those who make a Convalescent Plasma donation should plan for about 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The 6th Annual Jamestown Battle of the Badges blood drive challenge begins Thursday through Saturday, with Team Law versus Team Fire.\u00a0 After a donation is made, participants\u00a0 select which team receives their vote. The winning department will then have bragging rights for the year until the next Battle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":188508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216342,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216341\/revisions\/216342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/188508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}