Rotary District 5790

Blood Donation & Blood Challenge 2015-2016

Be a Gift to the World: Give Blood Rotary Global Blood Donation Initiative

Worldwide, there are about 100 million blood donations a year.  Although high income countries account for only about 20% of the global population, they use half the donations, most of which go to patients over 65 years of age.  The availability of safe blood has ensured, especially for older individuals, dramatic advances in surgery, cancer chemotherapy, and organ transplantation, all of which depend on transfusion. The picture is profoundly different in lower income countries where up to 65% of transfusions go to children under 5 years old. These youngsters are desperately dependent on blood when profound and life threatening anemia complicates malaria infection.  Each year, nearly 800,000 youngsters die of the infection.  It has been estimated that 100,000 could be rescued if blood was available. Management of the complications of pregnancy is another compelling indication for transfusion in developing countries where the lifetime risk for a woman dying of maternal causes can be 1 in 20.  There are more than 500,000 maternal deaths worldwide and a third are due to hemorrhage. In 70% of these fatalities, lack of blood is responsible.

  Quietly …We’ve helped save millions of lives!

  Rotary is one of the greatest sources of voluntary blood donation in the world through the efforts of Rotary Clubs and the blood centers in their community. We have been doing this since blood was discovered in Rotarian veins.Thousands of local blood drives, throngs of Rotarian donors, dozens of major projects, Rotary blood centers, donor coaches, aepheresis technology…millions of lives saved and supported - a major Rotary story, largely untold.

As our actions are diffuse, working with blood centers and hospitals in thousands of communities, and do not involve money, they are largely uncounted and unrecognized, even within Rotary.

Let us now join, expand our life-saving gifts, our visibility, and tell Rotary’s story… 

Supporting The Rotary Foundation focus upon

Disease Prevention and Treatment,

Maternal and Child Health.

Call To Action• Assign a Blood Drive Chair for your Club. The difference we can make is measured in

lives.• Compete with all District 5790 Clubs AND help us continue a friendly Challenge with

other large Districts in Texas!• All it takes is a little education and making ‘the ask’. Your club leadership is equipped

for success and making a focused impact via District resources, skilled personnel and new reporting tools.

• Can’t donate? ‘Earn your fangs’ - advocate and promote your Club’s drive to improve attendance (non-Rotarians welcome of course)

• This is a work in progress and your feedback is critical to improvement & delivery of needed support.

• Help encourage ‘bite sized’ facts and education about blood donation efforts in your community and worldwide. Social Media to play a bigger role

• Take a moment to educate your Board & Club members about the pride of District 5790 – the Global Network for Blood Donation (GNBD) – we are part of something BIG.

Key Dates:• 14 June 2016 - World Blood Donor Day• 1 July 2015 - 31 July 2015 - Rotary Blood Donation Month• 1 December 2015 - 31 December 2015 - Rotary Family Month -

Blood Donation Initiative• 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2015 - Governors’ Challenge Period

Finally . . . . A Modest Goal: ONE UNIT OF BLOOD PER ROTARIAN PER YEAR

Key Dates & DeadlinesJuly 1, 2015- July 31, 2015 Rotary Blood Donation Month

Dec. 1, 2015 – Dec. 31, 2015 Rotary Family Month – Blood Donation Initiative

July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 Governors’ Challenge Period

June 14, 2016 World Blood Donor Day

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Your Local Blood Center PartnerCLUB Blood Ctr. CLUB Blood Ctr. CLUB Blood Ctr.

Abilene Meek Blood Center Decatur Rotary Carter BloodCare Keller Carter BloodCareAbilene Southwest Meek Blood Center Keller Sunrise Carter BloodCare

Denton Carter BloodCare Kennedale Carter BloodCareAbilene Wednesday Meek Blood Center Denton Morning Carter BloodCare Lake Ray Roberts Carter BloodCareArlington Carter BloodCare Dublin Meek Blood Center Lewisville Morning Carter BloodCareArlington Great Southwest Carter BloodCare

Eagle Mountain -Saginaw Carter BloodCare Lewisville Noon Carter BloodCare

Arlington North Carter BloodCare Eastland Rotary Meek Blood Center Mansfield Carter BloodCareArlington South Carter BloodCare FM Rotary Carter BloodCare Mansfield Sunrise Carter BloodCareArlington Sunrise Carter BloodCare Fort Worth Carter BloodCare Metroport Carter BloodCareArlington Sunset Carter BloodCare Fort Worth East Carter BloodCare Mid-Cities Pacesetters Carter BloodCare

Arlington West Carter BloodCareFort Worth International Carter BloodCare Mineral Wells Carter BloodCare

Azle Carter BloodCare Fort Worth South Carter BloodCare Nocona American Red CrossBowie Carter BloodCare Fort Worth Southwest Carter BloodCare Southlake Carter BloodCareBreckenridge Carter BloodCare Fort Worth Stockyards Carter BloodCare Stamford Meek Blood CenterBrownwood United Blood Services Gainesville Carter BloodCare Stephenville Carter BloodCare

BurkburnettOBI/Texas Blood Institute Graham Carter BloodCare Vernon

OBI/Texas Blood Institute

Burleson Carter BloodCare Granbury Carter BloodCare Weatherford Carter BloodCareBurleson Area Mid Day Carter BloodCare Grapevine Carter BloodCare Western Fort Worth Carter BloodCare

Cisco Carter BloodCare Hamlin Meek Blood Center Wichita FallsOBI/Texas Blood Institute

Cleburne Carter BloodCare Haskell Meek Blood Center Wichita Falls NorthOBI/Texas Blood Institute

Coleman Meek Blood Center Highland Village Carter BloodCare Wichita Falls SouthwestOBI/Texas Blood Institute

Colleyville Carter BloodCare Hurst Euless Bedford Carter BloodCare

CrowellOBI/Texas Blood Institute Iowa Park

OBI/Texas Blood Institute

American Red Cross

National coverage

Awards & Recognition

•Award Methods – TBD▫Capes represent action▫Blood Trophy represents results▫District Assembly awards?▫Visit by a Vampire – special awareness

building targeting low participation clubs as well as all awards given by cape-wearing members (DG Troy, PDG Chuck Kurtzman, PAG Janelle Kavanaugh, John Pardue, etc.)