DENSO Blood Drive > Team photo

The DENSO Blood Drive team members all met up at the close of the RAPID program on 8-9th November in DENSO European Headquarters in Weesp, The Netherlands.
Andre had managed to negotiate for us to get some suitable uniforms for our final project presentation:

Our presentation was very well received, and we were presented with our RAPID Certificates.

We will be reporting further about how successful each donation session has been at each DENSO site, so that you can read about our real-life achievements across DENSO Europe.

BLOOD DONATION: First session at DMIT completed!

On the 23rd October, the first blood donation session was rolled out at DMIT with great success.



The BTS team included one doctor and three nurses who came from the AVIS-Pescara centre, and a further two doctors from the local Vasto BTS.

Meeting rooms near the main entrance served as a waiting room and rest area, and the DMIT canteen offered refreshments in the form of fruit, biscuits, tea, coffee, and of course the famour Italian 'panino'!

















The equipped blood donation ambulance arrived in the morning and positioned itself near the main entrance of DMIT.



From 08.30-12.00 there were sessions available for interview and preliminary donations.






From 0900-11.00 regular pre-registered donors were able to donate blood.

The whole day was very successful, and DMIT met 94% of their target on their first effort, with the following results:

Number of existing donors who donated: 7
New registrations and initial donations: 21
Others: 5

Total number of people who joined the effort was 33, against a target of 35. This is an excellent effort for the DMIT team, and an example of how successful this project could be across DENSO Europe.

Salvatore Marcovecchio, DMIT

PROMOTION: DMIT raise awareness at Annual Beach Volleyball Competition

DMIT took the opportunity to use their Annual Beach Volleyball Competition to raise awareness of the campaign to increase blood donation by DENSO employees.

The competition was held on the 1st September, and there were 6 teams competing, with over 100 DMIT colleagues, family and friends who joined to watch. In addition, there were 3 representatives from the local Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) who joined and were available for discussion with the DMIT team.

At the beginning of the tournament, a speech was made to the gathered crowd, to inform them of the DENSO Blood Drive project. This was well received, with several people asking why this type of project had not been done before, and where they could register for the next event.

In the end, team SC BTech won the tournament, and hopefully the BTS has secured more support from DMIT associates who will donate their blood at the next session!

Salvatore Marcovecchio, DMIT

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

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

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