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Rider fans really do bleed green
Canadian Blood Services program underway for another season
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Rider players and blood donors celebrate.
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variety of items that are sure to make this a memorable and special season for every junior Rider fan. Kids Club members will receive an exclusive Ben Heenan OYO Sports Figure, a membership card, letter and hat, newsletters, a kid ticket voucher for a 2014 Rider home game, a drawstring bag, a Ben Heenan poster, contest invites, and a Conexus Kids GO Club voucher. Your child will also RIDERS! receive a special message from delivered to the Riders on their birthday and be your door. invited to private Kids Club events GREEK FEAST and parties throughout the year. • Souvlaki • Greek Style Riblets • Dolmathes • Chicken Wings • Gyros with Tzatziki • Greek or Kids Club members can proudly Caesar Salad• Garlic Toast & Baklava 25.95 For 2 • For 4 47.95 call themselves honorary members of the Green and White. Show their PIZZA & FINGER FOOD COMBO Rider Pride and pick up a one• Pizza • Riblets • Chicken Fingers • Meatballs • Deep Fried Mushrooms • Potato Skins • Onion Rings • Zucchini Sticks • Caesar Salad • Garlic Toast year Kids Club Membership for 25.95 For 2 • For 4 48.95 only $25 (which includes shipping) See Yellow pages 1134 & 1135 for menu today at www.riderville.com. 1953 Scarth St. 1958 Hamilton St.
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explode and the crowd roars and the stadium shakes as the players take the field! That is the experience to be won. “There is gigantic 50-foot flag, and it takes 50 people to hold it. The people around the flag are blood donors, volunteers and people associated with Canadian Blood Services,” said Topinka. “We are able to acknowledge and appreciate the efforts that people take by giving them the chance to win that opportunity.” Anyone who visits a blood donor clinic during the campaign can fill out a ballot and enter to win; no donation is necessary. There is also one grand prize consisting of sideline passes, Pilsner Place box seats and a full player-experience package at the final home game. Ballots for this prize will only be available at the Rider Store, and at the Canadian Blood Services tent when it is set up at community events. Topinka said that, from June 1 to October 30, about 22,000 units of blood will be needed in Saskatchewan. Blood donations help people undergoing cancer treatment and surgery, accident victims, and so many others with medical needs. Fans attending a home game can take a look around the stadium and know that about half, if not more, of the people in that stadium have been affected by a blood donor by themselves or a family member.needing the donation. For information on donating blood, for clinic locations and times or to book an appointment, visit www.blood.ca, download the mobile app GiveBlood or call 1-888-2DONATE.
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By Judy Bird For L-P Specialty Products The Saskatchewan Roughriders are ready to kick off Bleed Green once again, with Canadian Blood Services to raise blood donations and awareness of the need for blood donations in our province. Bleed Green began in 2010 as a way for the Riders to continue the momentum generated by their 100th anniversary and to create a life-saving community partnership with Canadian Blood Services. It has become an amazing success, and is now a model that other football clubs in the league are considering to raise their profile and enhance community connections. Last year, Bleed Green had a goal of collecting 101 donations per month, a play on the 101st Grey Cup and celebrations in Regina. Rider fans obliterated that goal, and more than doubled the amount of donations. “It shows the true fact that the people in this province really do bleed green and understand that, by coming in and donating blood, they are making a real and physical difference to their neighbour. People understand that we need each other to help each other,” said James Topinka, territory manager with Canadian Blood Services in Regina. This year, the campaign runs from June 1 to Oct. 30 and has different components. In the pre-season and in bye weeks, players and others associated with the club will visit blood donor clinics as a way to thank those who are donating blood. Another component is the flagbearing ceremony. Imagine being on the field as part of a group holding the Canadian flag when the national anthem begins, then the fireworks
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