BLOOD DONATION : 2nd Donation Session at DNDE completed

At the second official donation event for DNDE, the Blood & Transplant Service (BTS) opened the doors one hour ahead of the normal public time, especially for the DENSO volunteers.

In addition two doctors have been provided to accelerate the medical check in the advance of the donation.

The DENSO participants are already well known to the BTS team - probably because of the positive atmosphere created by the DNDE group.

Spreading this good mood during the donation, this event became not only important for the community but created fun and offered beside this the opportunity to chat to colleagues from other departments which you normally don't have business relation.

All in all there were 25 successful donations by the DENSO volunteers, which is about 24% of the total donations on the BTS event that day.

The BTS is very happy to have DENSO as a strong partner for these donation events.

Gunnar Nees, DNDE

BLOOD DONATION > 1st Session at DNDE completed!

On the 28th November, the first formal blood donation session took place at DNDE.
There were two volunteer drivers who took 26 blood donors to the local school where they were able to donate blood. Of the 26, 21 successfully donated blood, which means that DNDE exceeded their target of 5% of DNDE staff making a donation.

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED!

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.

PROMOTION: BTS use DNDE project as promotion activity

DNDE has been approached by the local BTS office who has been inspired by the DENSO Blood Drive project, and wants to use our case study (including photographs and the DENSO logo), as part of their own website. The BTS aim is to use real-life examples of such projects to encourage other people to get involved.
This is a great publicity opportunity for DENSO, and show a real result for the CSR program for 2012. DNDE are currently reviewing whether this can be supported.

Gunnar Nees, DNDE

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

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