Perdue Foundation aids Blood Bank
The Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms, recently awarded a grant of $5,000 to Blood Bank of Delmarva (BBD) to help fund the implementation of more sophisticated testing for blood donors.
The Hemoglobin A1c test that Blood Bank of Delmarva intends to implement measures the average glucose level of a blood donor over a past four-to-six week period.
“This is a much more accurate screening test than simply measuring a single random glucose level, which is currently done at BBD,” said Scott W. Hall, M.D., the Blood Bank’s medical director. “The primary goal of the Hemoglobin A1c project is to detect diabetes among Blood Bank donors. This test predicts with a higher degree of certainty the likelihood that a donor is either pre-diabetic and or has diabetes.”
Complications from diabetes can include vision loss, heart disease, stroke and other debilitating medical conditions.
“As much as we’d like to offer this service to our donors, adding the test on our own is cost prohibitive,” said Michael Waite, director of Marketing & Community Relations for BBD. “Thanks to the generosity of community partners like the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, we’re hopeful that full funding for the first two years of this project will be committed soon.”
“BBD thanks Perdue and its associates for supporting this potentially life-saving effort,” said Waite. “Perdue Agribusiness has been a Blood Bank partner for 25 years by participating in blood drives. They realize community health is something we all need to work together to improve and this grant will help us continue in that direction.”
“The Blood Bank is a very important community resource. We are happy to support the improvements and developments they are making in the crucial services they provide,” said Kim Nechay, executive director of the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation.
Container Store partners with Nemours in offering gifts for children
The Container Store announced a new, nationwide community giving program, Holiday Hugs. The newly opened store will work with the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to collect and deliver new, unwrapped gifts to their young patients who are spending the holidays away from home.
Customers can participate in the Holiday Hugs program by dropping off new, unwrapped books, small toys and games, toiletries, gift cards and stocking stuffers in collection bins at the store between now and December 15th. Employees from the store will then volunteer their time to package the donated gifts into a Holiday Hug bag and deliver them to the hospital the week of December 20th.
“Every holiday season, The Container Store embraces the spirit of giving by helping those in need in our local communities,” said Melissa Reiff, President and COO of The Container Store. “Our hope is that our customers will join us in providing these gifts to the thousands of children who have to spend the holidays in the hospital. We hope to brighten their day and bring joy to them and their families through this gesture of love from everyone associated with The Container Store.”
Cape Business Network makes donation
The CAPE Business Network presented a check to Jim Baker and Jim Hart of the Lewes Little League, at the Ocean Grill restaurant in Lewes DE. The Lewes Little League is the oldest and largest youth organization In Lewes serving over 300 youth participants each year. The CAPE’s donation goes towards the organization’s capital campaign efforts for the renovation of their existing field house and new field lighting replacement projects. Work has begun on the field house renovation with donated efforts from the surrounding community, local businesses, and contractors.
Shown at the Cape Business Network check presentation are: Front row (left to right): Tom Kashner, Top Notch Heating and Air Conditioning; Damien Horn, Best Fire Place Repair; David Hart, Lewes Little League; June Betts, Bank of Delmarva; Lori Bernstein, Bernstein Communications; Donna Zetts, Donna’s Touch; Barbara Brittingham, Caliber Funding; Jim Baker, Lewes Little League; David Koster, Portraits In the Sand.
Back row (left to right): Bridget Weaver, Weaver Real Estate Appraisal; Harris Marx, Delmarva Distributing; Sheila Burek, Henlopen Chiropractic; Donna Mulder, Tax & Accounting Advisors; Stanley Sliverblatt, Silver Electric, LLC; Roger Anderson, Parcel Plus; Danny Fisher, Delaweb Designs, LLC. Photo from Portraits in the Sand.
