{"id":85907,"date":"2019-02-12T12:31:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=85907"},"modified":"2019-02-12T12:31:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:31:47","slug":"avh-exchanging-pies-for-pints-feb-12-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/02\/12\/avh-exchanging-pies-for-pints-feb-12-14\/","title":{"rendered":"AVH exchanging “Pies for Pints” Feb. 12-14"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"LANCASTER \u2013 As part of its Valentine\u2019s Day tradition, the Antelope Valley Hospital Blood Donor Center is giving away free apple or cherry pies Feb. 12, 13 and 14 to encourage people to donate blood. Pies will be given to the first 20 donors on each of those days. All blood collected will be used for patients at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day by encouraging people to give blood, one of the most loving gifts to give because of how many lives can be saved,\u201d stated Antelope Valley Hospital Blood Services Coordinator Ellen Gaines. \u201cOur area has an urgent need for blood, and Pies for Pints helps our fellow Antelope Valley residents recognize the importance of donating blood that stays here in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

It takes about five to 10 minutes to give a pint of blood, but the entire process takes about an hour to complete.\u00a0All donors receive a free cholesterol test.<\/p>\n

The AVH Blood Donor Center is on the hospital\u2019s campus in the Antelope Valley Outpatient Imaging Center building, located at 44105 15th Street West, Suite 305, at the intersection of 15th\u00a0Street West and Avenue J-5. The center is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesdays, from 7 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m., and the first and third Saturdays of each month, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome, or donors can make an appointment by calling 661-949-5622.<\/p>\n

[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Hospital.]<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 As part of its Valentine\u2019s Day tradition, the Antelope Valley Hospital Blood Donor Center is giving away free apple or cherry pies Feb. 12, 13 and 14 to encourage people to donate blood. Pies will be given to the first 20 donors on each of those days. All blood collected will be used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}