Blood Donor Challenge 2009
April 16th – September 10th
Goal: 7,600 Units of Blood
900 New Donors
Blood Donor Challenge
Coordinator Package
It’s Game Time!
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Table of Contents
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Welcome 3
Special Message From Recipient
How to Participate 4
Registration Information
Available Tools – Lunch and Learn, What’s Your Types, Speakers
Before You Donate
Main Contacts
Group Bookings
Confirming Your Registration 5
Booking a Life Bus 5
Promoting Blood Donation To Your Team 6
Tools To Help You 6
Earning Credits 7
Win In Your Division
Corporate Challenge Points
Earning Credits
Who Can Donate For Your Team
Easy Ways To Get Credits 8
First Time Donors
Stampede Credits
Group Bookings
Turn Up The Frequency
Information For Blood Donors 9
Who Needs Blood
Donor Criteria
Donating Blood – A Safe Procedure
The Donation Process 10
Blood Donor Clinics 11
Permanent Clinic Hours and Location
Mobile Clinics
Plasma
Platelets
Registration Form 12
Promotional Materials Order Form 12
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Welcome to
The Calgary Corporate Blood Donor Challenge 2009
The Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Donor Challenge is a great way for
all your employees, friends and family members to get involved in the
games, earn points and save lives!
We want to thank you for your commitment and support. The blood you
donate will bring life and hope to hospital patients – possibly a cancer
patient, a premature baby, someone with a blood disorder or someone
who has suffered a serious trauma.
Special message from a blood recipient
“I truly believe that everything you do is a statement to the rest of the world of your
personal character, and by donating your time and your blood you have shown the world the
amazing person that you are.
I never thought I’d need blood or blood products; I still hardly believe that I did. Now that I
know how critical it is to cancer survival, I wish I had donated every 56 days of my adult life.
You have the opportunity to keep providing. I only hope you realize the power you have to
save human lives. I can’t donate any more – but you can…. You are truly a hero!”
Thank you.
Mike Metcalf
Recipient, Cancer survivor
Your donations and time are a wonderful gift for a future
recipient and we thank you for that.
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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How to participate:
1) Review the information
2) Print and complete the registration form and the promotional
materials order and fax them both to 403-410-2798
3) Book your group Life Bus appointments
4) Use the tools available and promote blood donation to your staff
• Lunch and Learns
• What’s Your Type Booths
• Information Booths
• Promotional Posters
• Recipient Speakers
5) Before donating, all donors must
• have something to eat (a substantial breakfast or lunch)
• drink plenty of water
• get a good night’s sleep.
Make sure that you also register with Calgary Corporate Challenge!!!
First time participants and seasoned challengers alike
will benefit from reviewing this package.
MAIN CONTACTS
Winn Rathbun
(P) 403-410-2745 (F) 403-410-2798 (E) winn.rathbun@blood.ca
Sabrina DiCintio
(P) 403-410-2729 (F) 403-410-2798 (E) sabrina.dicintio@blood.ca
GROUP BOOKINGS
Carmen Caspar
(P) 403-410-2722 (F) 403-410-2798 (E) carmen.caspar@blood.ca
INDIVIDUAL DONOR APPOINTMENTS OR ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS
Toll Free 1 888 2 DONATE (1 888 236-6283)
Website: www.blood.ca
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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CONFIRM YOUR REGISTRATION IN THE CHALLENGE
Download the on line registration form.
Complete the promotional material order form.
Update and fax to 403-410-2798 or
e-mail Carmen.caspar@blood.ca (or call 403-410-27422)
BOOK A LIFE BUS or GROUP DONATIONS
Call Carmen at 403-410-2722 or email carmen.caspar@blood.ca.
Carmen will help you find a location, date and time that will work for your group
(usually earlier in the day tends to go faster).
Tell Carmen how many people you expect (5 – 7 donors is the ideal number for a
Life Bus).
The Life Bus will pick you up and drop you back at work (free).
Depending on the size of your group, it will take approximately 1 ½ to 2 hours,
including transportation for your group to complete their donations.
Remember if you book 3 group appointments with 5 - 7 people or more, you will
get 10 extra credits (these appointments must be kept to get the points).
Book all your appointments through the challenge and we’ll remind you a few
days before.
…JOIN PARTNERS FOR LIFE AND DONATE YEAR ROUND
Some of the most successful teams are also members of Canadian Blood Services’
Partners for Life program. Your team has shown they believe in blood donation.
Foster this sense of teamwork and goodwill throughout the year! Ask about joining
Partners for Life.
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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PROMOTE BLOOD DONATION TO YOUR TEAM
Make group appointments! For most companies, this is the most effective way to
encourage your team to donate. Your staff will be more likely to participate if you
give them a specific date and time and provide transportation! The Life Bus is
available to transport your team to and from a clinic.
Ask managers or supervisors to make an announcement supporting the blood
donor challenge during a staff meeting.
Add a link on your intranet to our website (www.blood.ca) for potential donors to
get more information.
Every 2 weeks, we’ll send an email update – forward this to your team to make
sure they know your company standings. Add your own personal message for
extra motivation.
Ask for help – especially if your company is large, enlist current donors to help
recruit more people.
Make sure family and friends know they can be included.
TOOLS TO HELP YOU
Let us know what material you need to spread the word.
Call us and book a Lunch and Learn and/or a What’s Your Type to encourage your
colleagues to donate.
Invite a speaker from Canadian Blood Services or a blood recipient to address your
team at a general meeting.
Invite Canadian Blood Services to host an information session or booth at your
next company event (challenge kick off, health fair, lunch hour in the lobby).
Ask us for e-posters to send to all your Challenge participants.
Order Canadian Blood Services sports jerseys to wear when you donate as a group.
(Go to www.blood.ca, choose Shop, SHOP NOW, and check out Casual Wear)
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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EARNING CREDITS
WIN IN YOUR DIVISION
Start early – the winning teams usually have their appointments booked a few
months in advance.
Take advantage of extra credits.
Make sure every donation counts – remind donors to sign the challenge binder.
Set a company goal based on your past year’s results or check out the list of
participants and decide who you want to beat.
CORPORATE CHALLENGE POINTS
Every team who participates in the Calgary Corporate Blood Donor Challenge will
be awarded 2 points for signing up. These points will go towards your overall score
for the entire games.
The top six teams in each division (who earn the most credits) will be awarded
points towards the Calgary Corporate Challenge Games (as per the Calgary
Corporate Challenge scoring rules).
Earning Credits
Each blood, plasma or platelet donor will be awarded one credit toward their
team score.
A half credit will be awarded to donors who attend a clinic but are not able to
donate that day (as a result of a deferral).
Only participants from the company, family and friends should sign the
challenge binder.
WHO CAN DONATE FOR YOUR TEAM?
o We encourage everyone who meets the eligibility criteria to donate.
However, if you know you aren’t eligible to donate, please do not
take a life saving appointment space away from someone who may be
eligible.
o Staff, family, friends, suppliers and other contacts can donate on
behalf of your team.
o When at the clinic, please do not solicit donors who are not
connected to your team to sign the binder on your behalf.
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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Easy Ways to get Extra Credits
There’s a first time for everything:
One extra credit will be awarded to first time donors in whole blood, plasma
and platelets.
Saddle-up:
One extra credit will be awarded to all donors donating around Stampede
(July 3rd – July 12th ).
Good things come in groups:
Ten extra credits will be awarded when your team books 3 group appointments
with at least 5 - 8 donors each time (extra credits will be withdrawn if
appointments are not honoured).
Here’s a tip!
Because there is a 56 day wait period between donations, one person can make
a maximum of three donations if their first donation is made between April
16th and May 21st.
In order to ensure the maximum numbers of staff are eligible to donate, try
making your group appointments in sets of 3. After May 21st you are eligible to
book again July 16th.
Turn up the frequency:
Remember, Platelets can be donated every two weeks and Plasma can be
donated every week! A great way to get extra credits.
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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INFORMATION FOR BLOOD DONORS
Every blood donation will help to save or improve the lives
of three people
WHO NEEDS BLOOD?
On average, 4.6 units of blood are required per patient; here are just a few examples of
why blood is needed:
Cancer treatments – up to 8 units a week
Car Accident – up to 50 units
Heart Bypass Surgery – 1 to 8 units
Abdominal Surgery – 2 to 4 units
DONOR CRITERIA
Before donating have something to eat (a substantial breakfast or lunch), drink
plenty of water and get a good sleep.
Donors must have identification (picture ID with signature or blood donor
card).
Donors should be in good health the day of their donation (fully recovered
from a cold, etc).
First-time donors must be between the ages of 17 and 61.
Weight at least 50kg (110lbs)
At the time of donation, you will be asked a number of questions to determine
your eligibility.
Donors who have travelled outside Canada or the US in the last year or who
have spent significant time in Europe between 1980 and 1996, may wish to call
and speak to nurse to ensure they are eligible (403-410-2748 or
1 888 2 DONATE).
If you have… You must wait before donating…
Had dental treatment For cleaning or filling: until the day after
(extractions, fillings, cleaning, treatment
restoration) For extraction, root canal or dental surgery:
72 hours provided there is full recovery
A cold, flu or sore throat Full recovery
Had ear or body piercing or tattooing 6 months
Donating Blood - A Safe Procedure
Donating blood does not put you at risk of disease. All needles are sterile, used only once and
discarded. The usual blood collection – a “unit” – is about half a litre, or one pint. Your body
soon replaces all the blood you donate.
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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THE DONATION PROCESS
Once you check in, your iron level will be tested. Then you complete a
questionnaire to determine your eligibility.
In a private and confidential setting, a nurse will ask a number of questions to
ensure you are eligible.
Your blood pressure and temperature are measured.
The actual donation takes about 5 to 15 minutes.
Your body soon replaces all the blood you donate. The average amount of blood
in one person is five litres. Each donation is approximately 455 ml of blood.
After the donation you will rest and enjoy some refreshments.
Each donation is sent to our lab to be tested and split into different components:
plasma, platelets and red blood cells. Each component can be used to help a
different person depending on their need.
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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BLOOD DONOR CLINICS
Permanent Clinic Hours and Location
737 13th Avenue SW
Monday – Friday 9:00 AM –1:00PM
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 3:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Extended Clinic Hours September 9th 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Extended Clinic Hours September 8th and 10th 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Group appointments are available during all clinic hours.
Mobile Clinics
We have many clinics downtown, in business areas and in communities.
The mobile clinics do have specific site requirements
(space with a min. of 2,000 sq ft) and are booked at least 12 months in
advance. For a list of mobile clinics visit our website www.blood.ca and
go to the Clinics tab to find A Clinic Near You
Plasma Clinic Hours (737 13th Avenue SW – 3rd floor)
Please contact 403-410-2690 to book a plasma appointment or ask about donating
plasma.
Tuesday – Friday 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Wednesday & Thursday evening 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Platelet Clinic Hours (737 13th Avenue SW, 2nd floor):
Please contact 403-410-2753 to book an appointment or ask about donating platelets.
Tuesday & Wednesday 7:15 -12:30 AM
Friday 7:15 –12:00 AM
Saturday 7:15 – 11:45 AM
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 3:15 – 5:45 PM
Please make sure that all donors sign the Calgary Corporate Challenge
binder at the clinic!
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Registration Form
Company Name:
Company Address:
Division:
Blood Donor Challenge Contact:
Main Contact Address:
Main Contact Phone:
Main Contact Email:
Secondary Contact:
Secondary Contact Address:
Secondary Contact Phone:
Secondary Contact Email:
Please remember, you must also register with Calgary Corporate Challenge. We do not share
confidential information.
Please tell us what materials you would like to receive
8.5 X 11 Posters How many?___________
11 X 17 Posters How many?___________
Flyers these have eligibility information on the back (5.5 X 8) How many?___________
Cheque stuffers How many?___________ or Tent Cards How many?___________
Would you like us to print your contact information on your material? Yes / No
(If yes, how would you like your staff to contact you – circle one or both) Phone Email
Brochures about who can donate How many?___________
Would you like us to call you to discuss a speaker or information booth? Yes / No
Would you like a link to our website? Yes / No
Fax to: 410-2798 or contact Carmen.caspar@blood.ca
(Questions? call 403-410-2745)
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