{"id":7998,"date":"2022-09-19T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chevinfleet.com\/en-us\/?p=7998"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:01:45","slug":"david-reaches-blood-donation-milestone-with-150-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chevinfleet.com\/en-us\/blog\/david-reaches-blood-donation-milestone-with-150-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"David reaches blood donation milestone with 150 donations!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"content-section animated fadeInUp\" >\n    <div class=\"container container--small  user-content fadeInUp__1\">\n        <p>Our Practice Lead, David, has reached the 150 donations milestone, and is a passionate advocate for blood donations.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"c-image image content-section content-section--no-pad \">\n    <div class=\"animated fadeInUp container container--small\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/19155534\/David-P-Cropped.jpg\"\n     data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/19155534\/David-P-Cropped-520x333.jpg 360w,\n                https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/19155534\/David-P-Cropped-825x500.jpg 768w,\n                https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/19155534\/David-P-Cropped.jpg 1440w,\n                https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/19155534\/David-P-Cropped.jpg 2000w\" class=\" fadeInUp__1\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"content-section animated fadeInUp\" >\n    <div class=\"container container--small  user-content fadeInUp__1\">\n        <p>This is David at his most recent donation at Leicester Blood Centre.\u00a0 He is donating platelets on the apheresis machine which is programmed to collect the desired blood component \u2013 either red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, or plasma.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"c-quote quote content-section--no-pad quote--no-image content-section\">\n    \n    <div class=\"container container--small quote__wrapper animated fadeInUp\">\n        \n        <div class=\"quote__content\">\n            \n                        <h3 class=\"u-bold fadeInUp__1\">I have been donating for nearly 20 years and have recently reached a milestone \u2013 300 donation points.  Points are awarded per donation type, 2 points for platelets so equivalent of 150 actual donations.  I\u2019m proud to be a donor!<\/h3>\n                        \n            <p class=\"u-red fadeInUp__2\"><strong>David Pimperton<\/strong><br>Practice Lead<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"quote__image animated fadeInUp__3\">\n          \n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n          \n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quote__logo\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n        \n        <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"content-section animated fadeInUp\" >\n    <div class=\"container container--small  user-content fadeInUp__1\">\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/platelets.blood.co.uk\/about-platelets\/\">Most platelet donations are given to patients who are unable to make enough platelets in their bone marrow<\/a>. For example, patients with leukemia or other cancers may have too few platelets as the result of their disease or treatment. Also, after major surgery or extensive injury, patients may need platelet transfusions to replace those lost through bleeding.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"c-quote quote content-section--no-pad quote--no-image content-section\">\n    \n    <div class=\"container container--small quote__wrapper animated fadeInUp\">\n        \n        <div class=\"quote__content\">\n            \n                        <h3 class=\"u-bold fadeInUp__1\">I don\u2019t need an excuse to advocate blood donation like this milestone, but it is free, painless and above all saves lives \u2013 please sign up if you can!<\/h3>\n                        \n            <p class=\"u-red fadeInUp__2\"><strong><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"quote__image animated fadeInUp__3\">\n          \n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n          \n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quote__logo\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n        \n        <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"c-cta-block cta-block content-section\">\n  <div class=\"container u-text-center animated fadeInUp\">\n    \n          <h2 class=\"u-red fadeInUp__1\">Want to donate?<\/h2>\n    \n    \n          <a class=\"button fadeInUp__3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/give-blood.html\">LEARN HOW<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"content-section \">\n    \n    <div class=\"container container--small u-text-center animated fadeInUp\">\n        \n                    <h5 class=\"fadeInUp__1\">RESOURCES<\/h5>\n                            <h3 class=\"fadeInUp__1\"><b>You may also be interested in<\/b><\/h3>\n                                <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"container container--no-pad fadeInUp__2\">\n        <div class=\"post-type-wrapper\" data-behaviour=\"featured-slider\">\n                            <a class=\"post-type unstyled post-type--transform \" href=\"https:\/\/www.chevinfleet.com\/en-us\/blog\/chevin-fleet-solutions-to-exhibit-at-government-fleet-expo-conference-2026\/\">\n    <div class=\"post-type__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/13165054\/GFX-440x440.png\">\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post-type__content\">\n                <p class=\"post-type__name\"><strong>Chevin Fleet Solutions to exhibit at Government Fleet Expo &amp; Conference 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n                <p class=\"post-type__more\">Read more<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n                            <a class=\"post-type unstyled post-type--transform \" href=\"https:\/\/www.chevinfleet.com\/en-us\/blog\/chevin-fleet-solutions-to-exhibit-at-eufmc-2026\/\">\n    <div class=\"post-type__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/08141118\/Featured-Image-EUFMC-2024-440x440.png\">\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post-type__content\">\n                <p class=\"post-type__name\"><strong>Chevin Fleet Solutions to Exhibit at EUFMC 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n                <p class=\"post-type__more\">Read more<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n                            <a class=\"post-type unstyled post-type--transform \" href=\"https:\/\/www.chevinfleet.com\/en-us\/blog\/chevin-fleet-solutions-to-showcase-latest-innovations-at-the-cv-show-2026\/\">\n    <div class=\"post-type__image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chevin-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/04171534\/CV-Show-Event-Team-2025-Cropped-440x440.jpg\">\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"post-type__content\">\n                <p class=\"post-type__name\"><strong>Chevin Fleet Solutions to Showcase Latest Innovations at the CV Show 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n                <p class=\"post-type__more\">Read more<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"c-hr hr content-section u-show-mobile\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Practice Lead, David, has reached the 150 donations milestone, and is a passionate advocate for blood donations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David reaches blood donation milestone with 150 donations! 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