According to the Puget Sound Blood Center, the Issaquah Highlands Contribution Club’s first blood drive held on Aug 1st was a success! Our community blood drive registered 28 donors and collected 24 pints of blood, which have been tested and divided into three separate components: red blood cells, platelets and plasma. This means that, in the coming weeks, our donor contributions may benefit as many as 72 local patients.
The other exciting news is that the IHCC blood drive registered 18 first time donors – 64% of our donors. 80% of first time donors will donate again, in fact, multiple times in their lives. So this means that at least 14 of our donors will give again and again. The Issaquah Highlands Fire Station was a comfortable–and air conditioned–facility for donors and the Puget Sound Blood Center which unfortunately had to cancel a number of blood drives at other locations during the previous week’s extreme heat.
The Issaquah Highlands Contribution Club would like to thank all blood donors who participated in the August 1st blood drive. IHCC is planning to host future blood drives for Puget Sound Blood Center so stay tuned for dates
and consider participating! If you would like to be added to IHCC’s donor contact list, please contact Kirsten Wisdom at kwiz@ihmail.com.
An estimated 1,200 Issaquah Highlands residents and their families enjoyed a parade with gaily decorated bicycles, scooters, and pets on the Saturday, June 27th celebration of the annual Issaquah Highlands Neighborhood Picnic & Parade. Community judges awarded prizes that included local business gift certificates from Café Ladro, Le Chic Pets & Spa, and Zeek’s Pizza. There were bounce houses, turtle races, carnival games, face painting, basketball shoot, agility games and tug of war for all ages that were provided by participating sponsors. Eastside Fire & Rescue No. 72 arrived with a fire truck and visitors were delighted with touring the truck while the children adorned their heads with fire hats provided by the firemen. In addition, folks were seeking out the Segway drivers that were providing free T-shirts, proclaiming “I Love HFN”, our Highlands Fiber Network. There were many fun and informational community booths representing clubs, committees and other neighborhood groups. Each of the booths generously provided candy, cookies, popcorn and treats to their visitors.
Rachel Rosewater wanted to show that kid’s should fundraise at the community events and raised $125 selling brownies and lemonade at her booth in support of Children’s Hospital. One lucky resident won a raffle for two box tickets to a Seattle Mariner’s game at the IHCA Voting Members booth. Volunteers at the booth recruited 26 additional community volunteers to serve as Neighborhood Voting Members and Neighborhood Captains. The weather was great for residents to enjoy music provided by Master Chorus Eastside and The Rainy City Riff Raff. This volunteer led event was produced with 75 volunteers, contributing over 350 hours. Cyndi Johnson, Resident Coordinator for this event expresses special thanks to her resident team leaders, Christie Santodomingo, Tony Bristol, Larry Norton, Umit Gokce, and Rebecca Kuno who recruited and directed all the other great volunteers.
