Unyts teamed up with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, June 4th, for the 1st annual Buffalo Bills & Unyts Blood Drive. The turnout was record breaking! 283 blood donors came out to Ralph Wilson Stadium to give blood. All donors were given a tour of the stadium and many were able to get signed autographs from some of the players who stopped by the drive throughout the day. It was a great day and we look forward to holding the next Buffalo Bills Blood Drive in November-stay tuned!
My name is Myesha. I am one of the Buffalo Jill’s Cheerleaders! This week I am donating my blood at the Buffalo Bills Blood Drive with Unyts. I have been a donor ever since high school. The first time I tried donating blood I was turned down because I was semi-iron deficient. But that didn’t stop me. Since then I have been taking iron supplements and have been donating blood whenever I can. In addition I am studying to be a nurse therefore I know just how important donating blood can be. With only 1 pint of blood, it can save up to three lives. Just knowing how many people out there who need blood on a daily basis is astounding and if more and more people are willing to donate we can save thousands, maybe more. The reason I donate is to make a difference and help change someone’s life.
Unyts collects blood and it stays local, so all the blood helps someone right here in WNY! Fortunately I will be able to change someone’s life this Tuesday at the Bills Drive and I hope to see you all there!
* All blood donors will receive a Unyts drawstring bag, a free hotdog lunch, a chance to win gift certificates and the opportunity to save three lives!
Basket raffle featuring hundreds of baskets.
-$200 gift certificate to Salvatore’s Restaurant
-Autographed Sabres Jersey- Hodgson
-XBox
-Camera
-Thirty One products
and many wine and lottery baskets.
Raffle tickets are 25 for $5 for most baskets and gift certificates and 25 tickets for $10 for baskets with a value of over $100. All proceeds benefit Unyts. Basket winners will be listed on Andrew’s Army webpage and twitter.
* Sponsors will be listed on: http://andrewsarmy2012.webs.com and on twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewsArmy2012
The 2012-2013 Donate Life Club end of the year celebration at Coca-Cola Field was a huge success!
Students from 60 high schools across Western New York arrived wearing donate life shirts, hats and stickers to celebrate their hard work raising awareness for organ, eye, tissue and blood donation with in their school. During the game, Niagara Falls High School Donate Life Club Advisor Barb Rodgers, threw out first pitch. Our second pitch was thrown out by Alden Middle School Student, Lucas Jurek.
East Aurora High School was given a shout out as they all held up their poster they designed for the National Donate Life Poster Contest!
Two students were honored as they received the Ali’s Rally Book Scholarship- Jacob Everhart from Iroquois Central High School and Laura Brown from Cheektowaga Central.
Donate Life Club Students, Parents, Advisors, Families and Friends enjoyed this wonderful event! We are so proud of our Donate Life Clubs!
The girls lacrosse team at East Aurora High School had senior game night on May 8th. Each year they celebrate the life of Mike Schafer, who was an organ donor and also started the Booster Club at East Aurora High School.
The team wears green jerseys to celebrate Mike and to raise awareness about the importance of donation.
Thanks for spreading the word about donation!
Unyts was a sponsor for the 1st annual Recycle Fest in conjunction with Global Youth Service Day.
We were only expecting about 50 kids to help canvass the Kensington and Eggert neighborhood. We had over 60 kids show up in the neighborhood to hear the benefits of recycling and about what to recycle. In addition, they invited the neighbors to attend RecycleFest, which was held at the Community Charter School. There were games, food, composting and many prizes.
Unyts donated 12 bison’s hats, 15 Anderson’s milkshake gift certificates, a signed Sabres jersey.
A big thank you goes out everyone who helped make the 1st annual Recycle Fest a success!
Autumn Kozma is all smiles now!
Last year we introduced you to a little girl named Autumn Kozma. Autumn was born with hypo plastic left heart sydrome. Her rare condition has left her fighting for her life since she was born. We are happy to report that Autumn has recieved a heart in January and is doing well! She has boundless energy now, thanks to her donor family, who made the decision to give the gift of life.
April is “Donate Life Month”, and what better time to share this wonderful story of life!
There will be a blood drive for Autumn Kozma held on May 4th from 9AM-1PM, Maryvale High School Cafeteria. The address is 1050 Maryvale Dr, Cheektowaga.
To make an appointment call unyts 512-7940.
There will be a Chinese auction to help raise money for ongoing medical expenses.
April 27th at Delaware Park
April is Donate Life Month.
We invited our donor families to help us plant in our memorial garden to honor their loved ones, who were organ, eye or tissue donors.
Several donor families came out to plant shrubs in the Donate Life Garden in Delaware Park in Buffalo. The sun was shining on us, as we enjoyed the weather, planting and company.
Thanks to everyone who came out to help us celebrate life!
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