{"id":2304,"date":"2024-11-04T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:12:02","slug":"plasma-playoffs-lets-help-save-some-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/2024\/11\/04\/plasma-playoffs-lets-help-save-some-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Plasma Playoffs &#8211; Let&#8217;s Help Save Some Lives!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2308 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/files\/2024\/11\/cyp-canadian-blood-services-drive-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/files\/2024\/11\/cyp-canadian-blood-services-drive-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/files\/2024\/11\/cyp-canadian-blood-services-drive-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/files\/2024\/11\/cyp-canadian-blood-services-drive-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/files\/2024\/11\/cyp-canadian-blood-services-drive.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/>UFV is partnering with Canadian Blood Services to compete in the UFV Plasma Playoffs competition! The goal is to improve or save the lives of so many Canadian patients by donating blood from November 4, 2024 \u2013 December 14, 2024. The winning team will be awarded a trophy as well as the title of <strong>Plasma Playoffs Champions!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/hr\/health-well-being\/fitness-challenge\/plasma-playoffs-donation-eligibility\/\">Check your eligibility<\/a> to donate and then simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/hr\/health-well-being\/fitness-challenge\/plasma-playoffs-2024-teams\/\">click on the QR code<\/a> of the team you are registering for to sign up today! Once you\u2019re registered go ahead and make an appointment!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UFV \u2013 Alumni<\/li>\n<li>UFV \u2013 FSA<\/li>\n<li>UFV \u2013 ADMIN<\/li>\n<li>UFV \u2013 NextGen &amp; Students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go to the QR code registration page. Here you will scan the QR code of the team you are signing up for, create an account or log in if you already have an account. Be sure to select \u201cplasma\u201d as your donation type. You are now a member of a team and are ready to book an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is based on a points system and you can earn them by attending an appointment, organizing a group donation, creating and uploading post of your team in action, and even by having great team spirit! Your team champions will updating you on your team\u2019s progress and sending you resources and information.<\/p>\n<p>Plasma donors make all the difference. The plasma collected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/hr\/health-well-being\/fitness-challenge\/plasma-playoffs-donation-centre\/\">Abbotsford donor centre<\/a> alone is manufactured into 50 different medications which are distributed to 730 hospitals and clinics across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Donating only takes an hour of your time but can be a lifesaving gift in someone\u2019s life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFV is partnering with Canadian Blood Services to compete in the UFV Plasma Playoffs competition! The goal is to improve or save the lives of so many Canadian patients by donating blood from November 4, 2024 \u2013 December 14, 2024. The winning team will be awarded a trophy as well as the title of Plasma &#8230; <a title=\"Plasma Playoffs &#8211; Let&#8217;s Help Save Some Lives!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/2024\/11\/04\/plasma-playoffs-lets-help-save-some-lives\/\" aria-label=\"More on Plasma Playoffs &#8211; Let&#8217;s Help Save Some Lives!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":2308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,4,10,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-stories","category-events","category-featured","category-fitness-challenge","category-information-and-resources","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2310,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions\/2310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/ufv-at-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}