{"id":617,"date":"2021-03-04T08:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/?p=617"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:14:13","slug":"celina-insurance-group-hosts-red-cross-blood-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/celina-insurance-group-hosts-red-cross-blood-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Celina Insurance Group Hosts Red Cross Blood Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>March 4, 2021, Celina, OH <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Celina Insurance Group recently hosted a Red Cross blood drive at its home office. Thirty-two employees donated blood, making a significant impact on the lives of others. The Red Cross and Celina employees followed strict safety protocols during the event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are pleased our employees donated at a time when there could be potential shortages due to the coronavirus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d said Christine Purdy,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Director of Human Resources. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celina is proud to help the Red Cross carry out its mission during these uncertain times<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To make an appointment or learn more, download the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/bloodapp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Red Cross Blood Donor App<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">redcrossblood.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or call 1-800-RED CROSS (<a href=\"href:tel\">1-800-733-2767<\/a>). Completion of a RapidPass<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> online health history questionnaire is encouraged to expedite the donation process. To get started, follow the instructions at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/rapidpass\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">redcrossblood.org\/RapidPass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or use the Blood Donor App.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To donate blood, a blood donor card or driver\u2019s license or two other forms of identification are required. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent\u00a0where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger must also meet certain height and weight requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 1914, Celina Insurance Group is a family of four mutual property and casualty insurance companies underwriting auto, home, business and farm coverages. Celina Insurance Group is represented by approximately 500 independent agents across six Midwestern states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-643\" src=\"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-09-at-8.06.42-AM.png\" alt=\"Megan Marvin donating blood to Red Cross\" width=\"232\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Megan Marvin, Associate Benefits &amp; Payroll Administrator at Celina Insurance Group, donates blood during the company\u2019s Red Cross blood drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy Nelson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Communications Writer &amp; Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ph: <a href=\"href: tel\">419-586-8388<\/a> \/ <\/span><a href=\"mailto:amy.nelson@celinainsurance.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amy.nelson@celinainsurance.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 4, 2021, Celina, OH \u2014 Celina Insurance Group recently hosted a Red Cross blood drive at its home office. Thirty-two employees donated blood, making a significant impact on the lives of others. The Red Cross and Celina employees followed strict safety protocols during the event.\u00a0 \u201cWe are pleased our employees donated at a time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celina-cares"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celinagroup.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}