BLOOD DONATION: DNDE Trial run

On the 25th July, DNDE ran a trial blood donation locally. Here is an account of the event:

In DNDE a few colleagues gathered to make a trial on the DENSO Blood Drive - a CSR project in DIEU to volunteer for blood donation.

DNDE offers the opportunity to donate blood in a nearby school during working time for their associates. Before the official project roll out some colleagues out of various departments could already experience the process of blood donation.

Some of the colleagues are already well experienced donators – for others this was the very first time. The whole team was looking forward to this exciting event.

    

Before the actual donation the volunteer need to sign in and receive a medical check to evaluate his capability.

When you have seen the doctor for final personal inspection you can provide your blood through a needle in the vein – which does not hurt.

 After the donation of 450ml blood, plus some additional 50ml for further tests and investigation, you may rest for 10 to 15 minutes on the bed or a chair.

As soon you feel fine and the medics release you, you can get up again and get some refreshments and snacks.

 Beside the heroic performance to donate blood for people that need that help – and beside the CSR activity to support our community – we could select a little present from the Blood Transfusion Service (Blutspendedienst).

The overall judgment of this activity is very positive and we have to ask our self “why didn’t we do this earlier”.

With the official roll out we are going to donate again  - most likely in September. ---- And you can join!

Gunnar Nees, DNDE

PROMOTION: DNEU Blood donation

In advance of any planned sessions, DNEU is promoting blood donation internally with the use of posters:

Andre Koppenol, DNEU

PROMOTION: DMIT information share

DMIT has agreed with General Affairs to include some literature about blood donation in the monthly payroll for August. All DMIT associates will receive the following information along with their payslip.

This is all in advance of the next promotion activity for this project, which will take place in September. Details to follow soon!

Salvatore Marcovecchio, DMIT

CANCELLED: DSUK Coventry Blood Drive

Bad news : due to illness in the staff who operate the Blood Mobile, the planned donation session for 24th July has been cancelled. For information, I had confirmed that at least 5 people from DSUK Coventry intended to donate on this day (which is equivalent to 3.2% of the total DENSO associates in the office).
It is currently being investigated if the session can be rescheduled, but in the event that this is not possible the next planned Blood Drive at DSUK Coventry will be on the 14th November.
DSUK will have to review if there are other donating opportunities in the area between now and November. It may be that we can use the DNDE / DNEU donation program as a template for future DSUK donations.

BLOOD DONATION: Event at DMHU

On the 10th July 2012 a successful blood donation session was held in DMHU.

The donation session was held in-house at DMHU (in the Training Centre), and there were four donation stations that were staffed by specialists from the Blood Donation Centre.

There were 57 DMHU associates who volunteered to donate, of which 50 were able to donate blood.

 

The next donation session will take place at the beginning of October.

 

Congratulations to all at DMHU for a very successful event!

Zoltan Hegyesi, DMHU

BLOOD DONATION: Event at DSUK Coventry

Notification has been issued to all DSUK Coventry associates of the next Blood Donation session to be held on the Business Park on 24th July 2012.

DSUK will use this as an opportunity to encourage associates to donate blood, but also to understand how many already donate.
We will also confirm the availability of appointments at the donation session, to make sure that we can use existing facilities for our project, or if we need to find alternative facilities to accommodate us.

Sarah Wheeldon, DSUK

STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT: HR at DMIT

DENSO Italy HR department has proposed sharing information with associates about the DENSO Blood Drive in their August payroll. We will approach the local Blood Transfusion Service to acquire the suitable material to be shared with associates to support this activity.

Salvatore Marcovecchio, DMIT

BLOOD DONATION: Trial run at DNDE

In anticipation of a full roll out of the Blood Donation project, DNDE is using the next available donation session in nearby Eching to test out the planned transportation of DENSO associates to and from the location. This will be on the 25th July 2012.
DNDE is hoping for support from within different departments of the office, and will be collecting feedback from the associates, as well as documenting the activities to be posted on the blog after the event.

Gunnar Nees, DNDE

PROJECT APPROVAL

Today, the DENSO Blood Drive project was presented to the top management at the DENSO Italy plant, and successfully received the approval of the senior team to implement this project at DMIT.

The DMIT President, Saji san, confirmed that he has experience of a similar blood donation arrangement in DENSO Japan, so he is supportive of the project in Europe also.

Salvatore Marcovecchio, DMIT

PROJECT APPROVAL

On Wednesday 27 June the Denso Blood Drive project was presented to DIEU President, Mr Makino.

Mr Makino himself was a volunteer blood donor when he was in Japan.

He is positive regarding our project but wants to have consensus with the Management Committee.

The project will be presented in the next MC Meeting on July 18th.

André Koppenol, DNEU