Launched earlier this 12 months by the Oklahoma Blood Institute, the “Higher Good” blood donation program is a twin fundraiser and blood drive that enables group donor teams to generate a monetary present for an area nonprofit of their selection whereas supporting the native blood provide. The result’s extra accessible blood for native sufferers in addition to new, “discovered cash” for nonprofits to facilitate extra good works, which implies a double win for the group.
First, a donor group should designate a third-party nonprofit of their option to obtain the profit. Then, the donor group should maintain a blood drive that gathers a minimum of 15 profitable donations. Lastly, OBI will make a $10 to $15 contribution per profitable donation to the designated nonprofit. The upper contributions are earned for first-time, extra and high-growth drives.
Within the month of July, donor teams hosted 23 profitable Higher Good blood drives, and $8,325 was donated by OBI to native charities. Since January, donor teams have hosted a whole bunch of Higher Good drives, which resulted in $43,595 flowing to charitable causes and lots of 1000’s of pints of blood flowing for transfusions. Animal welfare, starvation prevention, police benevolence, dementia care, youth providers and poverty aid are among the many many various causes which have benefitted from this system.
“It isn’t shocking that this program is profitable, as a result of our communities are stuffed with people who find themselves not solely caring, however who’re additionally good sufficient to supersize their generosity by leveraging this ‘two-fer’ of giving,” stated Dr. John Armitage, president and CEO of Oklahoma Blood Institute. “At a time when the financial system is pressuring charitable budgets and consumer wants are rising, I’m proud that our blood middle has found this inventive strategy to lengthen altruism’s affect.”
For extra info on easy methods to arrange a blood drive to boost cash for a charity by Oklahoma Blood Institute’s Higher Good blood donation program, please name 877-340-8777.
People of age 16 and older* are urged to present blood. Oklahoma Blood Institute is the native, non-profit blood provider, supporting the stock for sufferers in additional than 160 hospitals, medical amenities and air ambulances statewide.
Appointments to donate may be made on-line at obi.org or by calling 877-340-8777. Blood donation usually takes solely about an hour, and one donation saves as much as three lives.
Upcoming blood drives
Aug. 15 – Seiling Neighborhood, Seiling Youth Heart, midday to six p.m.
Aug. 17 – Arnett Excessive Faculty, 1 p.m. to five:30 p.m.
Aug. 17 – Laverne Excessive Faculty, Midday to six p.m.
Aug. 18 – Traditions Well being, Woodward, 10 a.m. to midday
Aug. 19 – Waynoka Excessive Faculty and Neighborhood, Zook’s Markt, 1 p.m. to five p.m.
Aug. 20 – Freedom Rodeo, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., metropolis park
Aug. 23 – AllianceHealth Woodward, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Aug. 25 – Buffalo ODOT, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 25 – Woodward Excessive Faculty, 9 a.m. to three p.m.
Aug. 27 – Fortunate Star On line casino, Watonga, Midday to Four p.m.
Aug. 29 – Mooreland First United Methodist Church Fellowship Corridor, 2 p.m to six p.m.
Aug. 31 – Mooreland Excessive Faculty, 12:30 p.m. to five:30 p.m.
