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CSL Plasma is celebrating National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month! This April, plasma centers all over the U.S. promoted awareness and raised funds for the Immune Deficiency Foundation through the Foundation’s THINK ZEBRA! program. Staff members showed their creativity, and donors were incredibly generous! Here are photos from just a few centers:
CSL Plasma Center - Tempe, AZ
CSL Plasma Center - Omaha, NE
CSL Plasma Center - Decatur, IL
Posted in Awareness, CSL, Fundraising.
– April 30, 2013
IDF Volunteer Olivia Trueb shared her story with plasma donor Josh Pitts.
Immune Deficiency Foundation Volunteers Olivia Trueb and her mom, Jana, visited Talecris Plasma Resources, owned by Grifols, in Portland, OR March 5. They shared Olivia’s story of her Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID) diagnosis with staff and donors.
Fourteen-year-old Olivia did an amazing job speaking with staff and donors. She thanked them for saving her life and the lives of thousands of others with primary immunodeficiency diseases. Olivia and her mom truly enjoyed their visit. According to Jana, “the staff is amazing, and the donors are WONDERFUL!!!”
IDF Volunteer Olivia Trueb at Talecris Plasma Resources in Portland, OR.
Thank you Olivia, Jana and Talecris Plasma Resources donors and staff! Click here to learn more about the IDF Plasma Center Partners Program.
Please note: Plasma collection centers are not able to accommodate visitors that drop in unannounced. Contact IDF to arrange a visit.
Posted in Grifols and Talecris, Volunteers.
– April 25, 2013
Craig Shelansky, CSL Plasma Vice President of Operations, presents Kathy Antilla, IDF Director of Education and Volunteer Development, with the record-setting check.
This April, CSL Plasma Centers raised $70,442.74 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) during Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Awareness Month, as part of the IDF Plasma Center Partners Program. The total surpassed their previous donation amounts, setting a record for the company. CSL Plasma challenged each of their plasma centers across the country to raise funds, and the center that raised the most would be the site of the check presentation.
The center in Lackland, TX, near San Antonio, raised the most. On September 6, the center celebrated with lunch, cake and a visit from IDF representatives, including members of the San Antonio community Chris Roca and Lucy Seal along with IDF Director of Education and Volunteer Development Kathy Antilla.
IDF representatives and the CSL Plasma Lackland employees.
Thank you to CSL Plasma and all the employees, especially those in Lackland, who raised funds for IDF! Click here to learn more about the IDF Plasma Center Partners Program.
IDF representatives included San Antonio residents Chris Roca and Lucy Seal along with IDF Director of Education and Volunteer Development Kathy Antilla (center).
Posted in Uncategorized.
– October 19, 2012
BioLife Plasma Services Assistant Manager Jennifer Mares, IDF volunteer Bill Hindin and Regional Marketing Representative Cassie Murray at BioLife Plasma Center in Sheboygan, WI June 25.
“To see their faces light up when I explained the life saving donations they give is priceless,” says Immune Deficiency Foundation volunteer Bill Hindin, “It gives their donations meaning and purpose.”
Bill spoke to plasma donors at the BioLife Plasma Center in Sheboygan, WI June 25. He truly enjoys this type of community outreach.
“I volunteer my time simply because it feels great to let the donors and staff know what a godsend they are to our community,” explains Bill, “This awareness makes their jobs have meaning … Our community can’t thank them enough.”
BioLife Plasma Services Assistant Manager Jennifer Mares and Regional Marketing Representative Cassie Murray welcomed Bill to the center, which he visited once before in 2010. Touring the facility showed him how they take extreme care to ensure that the donations are carefully logged and processed.
Bill found that his discussions with staff members were very rewarding, “After presenting the ABCs of our disease and talking about my experiences, there were some terrific questions. They had a keen interest in our disease and what life is like living with it.”
BioLife Plasma Center Assistant Manager Jennifer Mares and IDF volunteer Bill Hindin with a display of IDF Blue Jeans for Healthy Genes, an IDF fundraiser in which many plasma centers and workplaces participate.
Bill encourages others to volunteer their time with the IDF Plasma Center Partners Program, “This is an easy and extremely gratifying way to become involved and has immediate feedback to us. These are really the people on the ‘front lines’ in our treatment.”
Thank you to Bill and BioLife Plasma Services! Click here to learn more about IDF’s Plasma Center Partners Program.
Posted in BioLife - Baxter, Volunteers.
– July 16, 2012
Octapharma Plasma Center (Monroe, LA) Director Cynthia Boyd, IDF volunteer Gail Nelson and Octapharma Regional Director Stuart Aucoin, June 6.
Gail Nelson of Shreveport, LA devotes time to the Immune Deficiency Foundation whenever she is needed and has done so for many years. On June 6, Gail and her husband, Syd, visited the Octapharma Plasma Center in Monroe, LA, but this was not the first visit for Gail. In fact she was among the first group of patients to tour plasma centers years ago. “We did not get to visit with the donors nor did we get to speak with the entire staff,” explains Gail of her early plasma center trips.
But now, through the IDF Plasma Center Partners Program, patients like Gail go to their local plasma center specifically to meet donors and staff and to tell their stories. IDF arranges the visits, and many volunteers are stepping up and taking time out of their schedules to recognize the vital work of plasma centers.
“This is such an easy thing for volunteers to do,” says Gail, “The donors seemed to appreciate being thanked—and several asked questions … It was definitely one of those ‘feel good’ visits!”
Staff of the Octapharma Plasma Center in Monroe, LA.
Thank you to Gail and Syd for your continued support of IDF! To Octapharma Plasma Centers in Monroe and across the country – keep up the good work!
Click here to learn more about volunteering to visit the centers through IDF.
Click here to learn how to donate plasma through Octapharma Plasma.
Posted in Octapharma, Volunteers.
– June 15, 2012
Looking at the first half of 2012, the beneficial partnership between Octapharma Plasma, Inc. and the Immune Deficiency Foundation is clear. Through IDF’s Plasma Center Partners Program, several IDF volunteers, who are either patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases or family members, visited Octapharma Plasma Centers and spoke with donors and staff about how plasma donors help them to live normal, happy lives because of plasma derived products.
IDF volunteer Connie Martin at the Octapharma Plasma Center in Birmingham, AL.
Dawn Jenkins, center director in Birmingham, AL , said “Wow, what a heartening experience! Our staff and donors were inspired with Connie Martin’s presentation and really enjoyed the time talking with her.”
Over the past several months, volunteers have visited the Birmingham center as well as the Columbia, SC, Charleston, SC, and Florence, AL centers. Recently in the Florence center, IDF Volunteer Tim Waskerwitz and support group peers shared their life experiences as it relates to having primary immunodeficiency diseases. “The staff enjoyed their testimonials as well as the donors being thanked for their donations and time,” said J. David Doss, center director in Florence.
IDF volunteer Tim Waskerwitz and support group members at the Octapharma Plasma Center in Florence, AL.
IDF volunteer Xan Moseley and Assistant Manager Margo Saunders Mack at the Octapharma Plasma Center in Columbia, SC.
Octapharma Plasma, Inc. looks forward to more visits from IDF volunteers throughout the year!
Thank you to Octapharma Plasma for partnering with us to create these memorable experiences!
Click here to learn more about volunteering to visit the centers through IDF.
Click here to learn how to donate plasma through Octapharma Plasma.
IDF volunteers Wesley Blumenburg and his parents at the Octapharma Plasma Center in Charleston, SC.
Posted in Awareness, Octapharma, Volunteers.
– June 15, 2012
Visitors with staff of Octapharma Plasma Center in Las Vegas, NV.
Visitors enjoyed touring the Octapharma Plasma Center in Las Vegas, NV May 11. Nancy Nicholas, Cindy Christy, Danica Christy and Jake Rosen along with their friends Woody Nicholas and Gary Cofman made the visit during a trip to Las Vegas. The group shared stories of how primary immunodeficiency diseases have affected their lives with the center’s physicians, staff, technicians and donors.
Posted in Octapharma.
– June 14, 2012
The numbers are in, and they are astounding! This April, CSL Plasma Centers raised $70,312.74 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation during Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Awareness Month. The total surpasses their previous donation amounts, setting a record for the company.
“Our donors, employees and community worked tirelessly for this great cause,” explains Sonya Williams of CSL Plasma.
There is no doubt that CSL Plasma is definitely “THINKING ZEBRA!“ IDF is grateful to all who generously contributed to this record-setting total!
Posted in CSL, Fundraising.
– June 11, 2012
Octapharma Plasma, Inc. raised more than $4,400 in just one week for the Immune Deficiency Foundation in honor of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Awareness Month. The dedicated employees saw it as an honor to support IDF and raise awareness of primary immunodeficiency diseases.
They participated in IDF Blue Jeans for Healthy Genes, making donations in exchange to wear blue jeans to work. Staff members and donors could also donate to have their “Hanging Up Jeans” displayed, and many participated.
Bill Griner, Octapharma Plasma Sr. Director of Operations, said “Blue Jeans for Healthy Genes is an ideal way to partner with the Immune Deficiency Foundation; it’s an effective way for plasma center donors and staff to give back to the PIDD community.”
What an amazing display of kindness and support! Thank you, Octapharma Plasma!
“Hanging Up Jeans” on Octapharma Plasma Corporate Office Wall in Charlotte, NC.
Sign-in at Octapharma Plasma Center in Petersburg, VA
Posted in Awareness, Fundraising, Octapharma.
– May 10, 2012
John Guntkowski with staff at CSL Plasma in Port St. Lucie, FL
John Guntkowski, a volunteer for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF), had a great time at his visit to CSL Plasma in Port St. Lucie, FL. “It was my first Plasma Center trip and the building was extremely new and clean,” explains John. “They do everything right there from beginning to end.” He said that the staff members were super nice; they had organized a lunch, a welcome cake and a few gifts for John.
“I got a little choked up when I talked to the staff and donors about ‘my story’ when it hit me with everything they do to help people not only with primary immunodeficiency diseases but also many other patients who need plasma for other various reasons.” John is excited to return to the center for different events and fundraisers.
Thank you, John and CSL Plasma Port St. Lucie!
Posted in Awareness, CSL, Volunteers.
– May 4, 2012
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