{"id":9252,"date":"2023-02-22T15:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9252"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T23:02:13","slug":"dedicated-blood-donor-financial-supporter-and-volunteer-to-donate-100th-gallon-of-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9252","title":{"rendered":"DEDICATED BLOOD DONOR, FINANCIAL SUPPORTER, AND VOLUNTEER TO DONATE 100TH GALLON OF BLOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>WHAT:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0Dedicated blood donor, financial supporter, and volunteer\u00a0John Howard will donate his\u00a0100<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">th<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0gallon of blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">WHEN:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Thursday, February 23, 2023. John\u2019s\u00a0appointment to donate blood is\u00a0at\u00a012:00 Noon\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">(note \u2013 actual donation\u202fcould\u202fstart\u202f20+\u202f<wbr \/>minutes after appointment time)\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">WHERE:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0San Diego Blood Bank headquarters, 3636 Gateway Center Avenue, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92102.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">NOTES:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0For\u00a0over\u00a021\u00a0years,\u00a0Navy Veteran\u00a0John\u00a0Howard\u00a0has devoted his time and efforts as a\u00a0blood donor, financial\u00a0supporter,\u00a0and volunteer of San Diego Blood Bank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">John\u00a0is a dedicated platelet donor who\u00a0has donated at San Diego Blood Bank since 2001\u00a0with a total of\u00a0423\u00a0donations to date,\u00a0potentially\u00a0saving\u00a0over\u00a01,200 lives.\u00a0Platelets are blood cells that help control bleeding. Patients undergoing\u00a0bone marrow transplants, surgeries, chemotherapy,\u00a0radiation,\u00a0or organ transplants often need platelets to survive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">John\u00a0is also\u00a0a financial donor who supported\u00a0the purchase of new equipment and\u00a0supplies critical to San Diego Blood Bank\u2019s Blood Collection Program and Public Cord Blood Bank.\u00a0Additionally, John has put in many hours as a volunteer for San Diego Blood Bank since he began in\u00a02006.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Appointments\u00a0to donate blood\u00a0are\u00a0encouraged, walk-ins are welcome. Appointments available at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegobloodbank.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.sandiegobloodbank.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1677167985021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2z7O9oIz-df31ab1qgORf7\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">www.sandiegobloodbank.org<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0or by calling 619-400-8251.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dedicated blood donor, financial supporter, and volunteer\u00a0John Howard will donate his\u00a0100th\u00a0gallon of blood. WHEN:\u00a0Thursday, February 23, 2023. John\u2019s\u00a0appointment to donate blood is\u00a0at\u00a012:00 Noon\u00a0(note \u2013 actual donation\u202fcould\u202fstart\u202f20+\u202fminutes after appointment time)\u202f WHERE:\u00a0San Diego Blood Bank headquarters, 3636 Gateway Center Avenue, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92102.\u00a0 NOTES:\u00a0\u00a0For\u00a0over\u00a021\u00a0years,\u00a0Navy Veteran\u00a0John\u00a0Howard\u00a0has devoted his time and efforts as a\u00a0blood donor, financial\u00a0supporter,\u00a0and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DEDICATED BLOOD DONOR, FINANCIAL SUPPORTER, AND VOLUNTEER TO DONATE 100TH GALLON OF BLOOD - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9252\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DEDICATED BLOOD DONOR, FINANCIAL SUPPORTER, AND VOLUNTEER TO DONATE 100TH GALLON OF BLOOD - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dedicated blood donor, financial supporter, and volunteer\u00a0John Howard will donate his\u00a0100th\u00a0gallon of blood. 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