Success Stories

Coeur d'Alene High School

Record Breaking Blood Drive, January 2008

Coeur d'Alene High School hosted their annual 2-day blood drive on January 17th and 18th, 2008. The DECA class of Coeur d'Alene High School, under the guidance of Mr. Jon Hastings, opened their school's blood drive not only to students, faculty and staff but also to the community as a whole. They sent press releases to the media, spoke on the local AM radio show, and even manned recruitment tables at the local grocery stores the weekend prior to the drive.

DECA's efforts were very successful with a whopping 364 donors registered and 310 units of life-saving blood collected! Coeur d'Alene also broke INBC's record for Double Red Cell Donation with 20 donors experiencing our newest way to double your impact and help save lives.

Congratulations Coeur d'Alene High School!

Leadership In Louisville

FOR KATIE West Valley High School NHS Representatives who attended the conference in Louisville include (L-R, Top Photo) Jill Vermeers, Maya Williams, Christine Carey and Chris Beemis.

At the 12th Annual National Honor Society (NHS)/National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, West Valley High School students gave the presentation of a lifetime! Unlike past meetings, there were just 600 participants (instead of the usual 1,000) who attended the conference in order to hone their leadership skills and exchange ideas. Students and advisors attended leadership seminars, listened to presenters, and actively took part in various workshops.

By participating in these activities, members hoped to discover ways in which they can improve their NHS chapters in the future. Students themselves directed several of the workshops including West Valley members who were honored to be asked. As the subject of their presentation, they chose their incredible “For Katie” blood and bone marrow drive. Fellow students spoke for 30 minutes about West Valley alumni Katie Delderfield, who was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia shortly after graduating in the year 2000. They showed a video in which Katie describes the discovery and characteristics of her cancer, as well as her ongoing treatment.

During their presentation, students recounted how they designed “For Katie” t-shirts and collected donations, ultimately raising $2,254.50 for the National Marrow Donor Program. Most importantly, the students explained the careful organization that takes place at every West Valley High School blood drive, evident by their continued successes! Later at the conference’s “Banquet of the Yellow Rose,” West Valley NHS members received an award for having one of the “Ten Best Service Projects in the Nation.”

INBC is grateful to these dedicated West Valley High School student organizers for their community support on behalf of patients in the Inland Northwest, including Katie!

Mead Students Rock Their Mall
Mead High School students put on quite a show as they kicked off their 2001-2002 blood drives! Between classes, several Mead Panthers launched everyone back into the 80’s with their remarkable talent for lip-sync, their incredible stage presence, and some sizzling vintage attire. By performing “Give Blood” by Pete Townshend, Mead’s mock hair band “Mystery Blood Face” succeeded in underscoring the importance of being a blood donor. The band made several impromptu appearances throughout the week leading up to the blood drive. The day before the blood drive, randomly selected “fans” who had signed up to donate were awarded back stage passes and lunch with the band members.

Fortunately, there were ample “security guards” on hand to keep those wild fans at bay! Unfortunately, however, there were no record label bigwigs in attendance to “discover” the band…but their heartfelt message was loud and clear!