INBC News
Give a Pint of Blood and Get a Pint of Ice Cream!
When you donate one pint of blood (the amount given in a regular blood donation) you get a coupon for a free pint of ice cream, thanks to Brain Freeze Creamery and select Baskin Robbins locations.
The time leading up to Labor Day is one of the most difficult times of the year for blood collection. That’s why INBC is holding the Pint for a Pint Blood Drive encouraging others to give blood and sweetening the deal with a coupon for a free pint of ice cream.
Come to INBC’s Spokane or Coeur d’Alene location September 2nd and 3rd, donate blood and get your coupon for a free pint of ice cream at Brain Freeze Creamery locations and Baskin Robbins!
What: Pint for a Pint Blood Drive
When: September 2nd - 11 am - 7 pm
September 3rd - 7 am - 3 pm
Where: INBC’s Spokane Center
210 W. Cataldo Ave.
INBC’s Coeur d’Alene Center
1341 Northwood Center Court
Starting July 19th INBC has New Hours!
The table below illustrates the change in hours at our Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Lewiston locations.
INBC Celebrates World Blood Donor Day by Creating a Giant Human Blood Drop!
In honor of World Blood Donor Day on June 14th, INBC celebrated this global day of awareness by creating a giant human blood drop! 80 people came to INBC’s Spokane location at 12 noon on June 14th and received a free red World Blood Donor Day t-shirt and were part of our first-ever giant human blood drop.
INBC Brings in Nearly 1,200 During Community Wide 2010
INBC’s Community Wide Blood Drive concludes with 1,190 donors giving blood prior to the Fourth of July holiday.
Although this number is slightly less than our goal of getting 1,300 donors through the door, we are still able to help a total of as many as 3,300 people with the donations that we collected, as blood can be separated into multiple components to assist multiple people.
Winners of our prize drawings for items such as Mariner’s tickets and a hotel stay, fair passes, Shock tickets, Indians tickets and more will be announced to donors next week.
Thank you for your support for INBC’s Community Wide Blood Drive 2010.
INBC's Valley Wide Attracts Nearly 300 Donors
The Inland Northwest Blood Center in Lewiston concluded with nearly 300 donors participating in the drive.
This drive helped to assist as many as 900 patients!
20th Annual T-Shirt Design Revealed
Come get your free summer T-shirt and see our 2010 design! The annual INBC Blood Donor Awareness Summer T-shirt Campaign runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend, with a goal of reminding donors that the need for blood and platelets does not take a holiday during the summer months.
Why is this program so important?
Blood Centers throughout the nation see a decrease in donations during the summer months. This is largely due to many people going on vacation during the summer and because high schools and colleges are out of session and don’t hold mobile blood drives.
* Special thanks to our 2010 Spokane and Lewiston area Summer t-shirt sponsors that help to make this program a reality.
Shriners Spring Chili Feed and Blood Drive - Friday, April 16!
The El Katif Legion of Honor and the Coeur d’Alene Shrine Club of Calam Shrine Temple host a chili meal as a special thank you to blood donors.
When: Friday, April 16th – Chili served from 11am – 5pm
Where:
Inland Northwest Blood Center
Spokane Collection Center
210 West Cataldo Avenue in Spokane
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Inland Northwest Blood Center
Coeur d’Alene Collection Center
1341 Northwood Center Court in Coeur d’Alene
Why: To help INBC extend appreciation to volunteer blood donors and increase awareness about the need for blood donation.
Tuesday at Twigs is April 20th
Diners Support INBC with Tuesday at Twigs!
On Tuesday, April 20th, Twigs Bistros partnered with INBC for Tuesday @ Twigs.
Restaurant patrons brought this coupon to any Twigs Bistro and 10% of the total bill was donated back to INBC.
Special thanks to Twigs Bistros for supporting your community blood center!
Annual T-Shirt Design Contest 2010
The Inland Northwest Blood Center needs you to create a design for our 2010 Summer T-shirt contest.
This is your chance to have your design displayed on as many as 20,000 T-shirts all over the Inland Northwest!
Guidelines:
- Create a unique and eye-catching design to be displayed on the front side of a white, short sleeved t-shirt.
- The winning design must include the Inland Northwest Blood Center name and logo (as seen above).
- The winning design must include the following slogan: “Give Blood, Save Lives”
- The design must work with a 4-5 color format.
- The design should be workable for posters and flyers.
- Designs with images of needles will not be considered.
The winning Blood Donor Awareness T-shirt will be revealed Memorial Day weekend of 2010.
Deadline: submit your design no later than April 1, 2010
Submission Information: Please send your artwork to:
Inland Northwest Blood Center
Development/Communication Department
210 W. Cataldo Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
For more information please contact:
Monique Dugaw, Communication Officer
moniqued@inbc2.org or 509.232.4441
* The Inland Northwest Blood Center is looking for artists to help develop a t-shirt design concept. The final t-shirt design will be a reflection of the winner’s ideas, but may not be an exact replica of the submitted drawing.
2nd Annual EWU CAMP-us Challenge Blood Drive
In honor of civil rights leader Caesar Chavez’s birthday, the EWU student group CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program) is partnering with the Inland Northwest Blood Center to organize a large blood drive at EWU.
Their goal is to fill their 150 person sign up sheet and win the national “CAMP-us Challenge” contest by beating out the more than 40 other colleges, nationwide, participating in blood drives to honor Caesar Chavez.
Last year this group of EWU students was in the top 10% of the Chavez drives with the highest participation in the nation and they want to do even better this year!
When: Thursday, April 1st, 9 am – 5 pm
Where: Eastern Washington University - Pence Union Building (Campus PUB), Cheney, WA
Why: The need for blood is constant and there is no substitute for human blood. EWU CAMP students want to raise awareness about the need for donation in all ethnic groups, especially within the Latino community.
Click here to listen to EWU students on the radio!
Wal-Mart Helps INBC’s National Marrow Donor Program to Save Lives!
Inland Northwest Blood Center’s (INBC’s) National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has been awarded $40,000 by Wal-Mart’s Washington State Giving Program to pay the registration fee to get 1600 new potential donors into the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be The Match RegistrySM.
Every year, thousands of people are diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma and over 70 other life threatening diseases that can only be treated by healthy bone marrow from a genetically matched donor. Only three out of ten patients find a match in their family. The rest must turn to the NMDP’s Be The Match RegistrySM to find a caring stranger who is willing to be their donor.
Each of us has the unique power to save a life, but donors must be registered so that patients can find their match. Sadly, the general public is not aware of how easy it is to join the Be The Match RegistrySM and how 15 minutes of their time can be the start of a life-changing journey!
How to Help:
- Sponsor a donor registration drive. Join the hundreds of businesses, schools, and other organizations across the country that sponsor drives every year.
- Engage your community. Spread the word that now is the time to make a difference! Encourage people you know to join the registry!
- Join the registry today! Call 1-866-713-4003 or visit http://join.bethematch.org/Walmart49
The Inland Northwest Blood Center Gets Savvy With Social Media!
The Inland Northwest Blood Center (INBC) is now part of the social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter! Check us out online!
If you are already a member of Twitter, “follow” INBC with your account and pass our information on to others!
- Follow INBC’s on Twitter
- View Save a Life Sam's Facebook profile
- We also have an INBC Facebook fan page
- And a cause/activism Facebook page
If you have a Facebook account please add Save a Life Sam as a friend and join each of our groups to support INBC’s life-saving mission.
Country Superstar Martina McBride Encourages Others to Give Blood!
Martina is passionate about her music, her family, and especially her children, so she often supports causes that focus on the health and safety of kids in communities across the country. She understands the impact that the local blood supply has on the lives of premature infants, those battling childhood cancers and sickle cell anemia, as well as the many other blood related illnesses that effect sick children, and wants to help by donating the use of her name and image to the cause of donating blood.
Click here to listen to the audio message she recorded, encouraging others to give the gift of life!
Hometown Heroes Celebration Draws Donors and a Big Crowd!
On August 15th, INBC joined together with Shumate Harley Davidson and the Spokane Valley Fire Department to hold a blood drive and day of celebration for local police, fire, paramedics, EMS and Northwest MedStar that keep our community safe every day. The event was extremely successful, attracting nearly 40 donors in just a few hours and featured local law enforcement and safety crews along with fire engines, a MedStar helicopter (that landed and took off from the parking lot), police cars, Harley motorcycles and the INBC mobile donation unit. Thank you to all who participated in making this event a great success!
Click here to view event pictures...
KREM Cares Community Blood Drive a Big Success, Attracts More Than 70 Donors!
KREM-2 News and INBC joined together on August 6th to ensure a safe supply of blood to our area hospitals. INBC had two mobile donor coaches at the KREM 2 studios on Spokane's South Hill and broadcast drive information all day long during each KREM newscast. The promotion paid off with more than 70 donors coming to KREM to give blood! A big thanks to KREM 2 for hosting this drive.
View the KREM 2 commercial on our INBC Videos page.
NBC Report Focuses on the Danger of a Blood Shortage
Out-of-control violence on the streets of Chicago recently resulted in a dire blood shortage for doctors at Chicago's Cook County hospital. The story is an important reminder of the importance of blood donation.
Community Wide Event!
The Inland Northwest Blood Center has been busy working to reach our goal of getting 1,300 donors in the doors to donate blood the week prior to the 4th of July holiday. INBC has received tremendous support from the Spokane Police and Fire Departments, both of which came to donate and round up other donors.
Videos of the event can be seen on our INBC Videos page.
Local Military, Police and Fire Join the Call to Service
Local military personnel, Spokane Police, Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and Spokane Fire joined INBC’s Community Wide Blood Drive “Call to Service” by greeting blood donors, encouraging the public to donate and by donating themselves. Donors thanked the Police Officers, Firefighters and military members for their service and their support of donation.
Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers Visits INBC
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers paid a visit to the Inland Northwest Blood Center as part of the “Call to Service” Community Wide Blood Drive. McMorris Rodgers and members of her staff presented to donate blood and some even joined INBC’s Marrow Registry. While at the Blood Center, McMorris Rodgers touted the importance of blood donation and thanked donors for so selflessly taking the time to give blood and help others.
Battle of the Badge: a Friendly Competition to Save Lives
Battle of the Badge heats up in Spokane Valley...
With one solid month of competition under their belts, members of both the Spokane Valley Sheriff’s Office and the Spokane Valley Fire Department are celebrating the fact that they have helped to save lives.
This friendly blood drive rivalry, hosted by the Inland Northwest Blood Center and spanning the month of May, is all about getting as many blood donations from each of the departments as possible and ultimately saving lives.
This annual competition is dubbed “Battle of the Badge” and pits Spokane Valley Firefighters against members of the Spokane Valley Sheriff’s Office, with the winner getting the highest number of blood donations in their respective category.
“All of these donors are life-savers in my eyes,” said event organizer and Recruitment Coordinator, Jennifer Kreuziger. The winner of “Battle of the Badge” will be announced live on the radio on July 2nd.
*Special thanks to Blumenthal Uniforms & Equipment for sponsoring the "Battle of the Badge" challenge.
View news clips about the event
Barbershop Chorus Gives Blood and Sings for Donors
The barbershop group “Pages of Harmony” along with half a dozen other barbershop quartets performed at the Inland Northwest Blood Center (INBC) to celebrate blood donors and Mother's Day.
The performance, happening at INBC’s regional headquarters in Spokane on May 8th and 9th, was part of the national “Giving Blood Now has Background Music” Campaign, involving barbershop singing groups and blood centers, nationwide.
In addition to a sweet serenade, all presenting donors at this drive, as well as at INBC’s North Idaho and Valley Medical Center locations, also entered to win a $200 gift certificate to Jewelry Design Center and received a complimentary rose courtesy of Just Roses.
In total, INBC hosted as many as 50 chorus singers for this event.
INBC Wins Spark Excellence Award
The Inland Northwest Blood Center is the winner of the 2009 Spokane Regional MarComm Association Award for Excellence in the Communication Campaign on Al Whitney's Platelets Across America Event. The award was won in collaboration with Rockey Hill and Knowlton Inc. The Spark Award recognizes excellence in marketing and communication campaigns in the Inland Northwest.
EWU Football Players Make it a Priority to Give Back at INBC
More than 40 Eastern Washington University Football players, led by pre-med major Chris Thomas, donated blood at the Inland Northwest Blood Center’s Regional Headquarters on April 1st.
This is the team’s second trip to INBC in less than a month. The team initially came to join INBC’s bone marrow registry, in early March. The players say they are always looking for ways to give back to the community each month and thought coming to INBC, and registering to become marrow donors was the ideal way to make a difference.
After the marrow registry, Offensive Lineman Chris Thomas says he wanted to do more to make a difference in the Inland Northwest and says he knew he could accomplish this with the Inland Northwest Blood Center.
Thomas partnered with INBC to coordinate a football team blood drive. More than 40 EWU football players and one coach donated blood and attracted media attention from all of the local television stations. EWU team members say they plan to continue their donations with INBC throughout the summer and into next year.
Donating blood only takes about 45 minutes from start to finish and registering to become a marrow donor through the National Marrow Donor Program at INBC is as easy as a quick swab of your month.
Chris Thomas, the player leading this donation initiative, is a senior-to-be from Sumner, Washington and earned honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference honors this past fall. Visit GoEags.com for more information on the EWU football team and their partnership with INBC.
View news clips from the event
