FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Get In the Mood for Blood Center’s Spring for Life

Gala and big band dance to benefit life saving blood research at Puget Sound Blood Center

MARCH 12, 2007, SEATTLE — Puget Sound Blood Center hosts a black tie optional reception, dinner and dance, Spring for Life, Saturday, March 17, 2007.

The event, being held at the Grand Hyatt Seattle, 721 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101, will benefit the life-saving work and research of the Blood Center.

An elegant reception with emcee Patti Payne begins at 6:00p.m. Participant will have a variety of silent auction items to bid on before enjoying a sumptuous dinner, conversation and dancing to the big band sounds of Theresa Carnovale and City Life.

Spring for Life benefits research conducted at Puget Sound Blood Center. And blood research saves lives. Blood is a critical denominator in many diseases and afflictions and their treatments including cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancers, burns, trauma, autoimmune disease, and transplantation to name only a few. Unlocking the mysteries of blood helps us to build better therapies and cure disease.
Puget Sound Blood Center would like to thank the following sponsors for lending their support to Spring for Life: Wells Fargo; Baxter Healthcare; ByrneInvent, LLC; Leslie Giblett; Naficy Rejuvenation Center; Roche Diagnostics; Sport Boat Northwest; Wallace Properties, Inc.; Badgley, Phelps & Bell; Swedish Medical Center; Toni Hoffman and Bert Valdman; Alan and Susan Schulkin; Terumo; Kibble & Prentice; Palazzo Intercreative; and Stoel Rives LLP.

Internationally recognized as a leader in transfusion medicine, Puget Sound Blood Center operates the world's largest transfusion service as well as patient-focused research programs.  The Blood Center serves patients in more than 70 hospitals and clinics in 14 Western Washington counties and provides tissue and transplantation support to 185 hospitals across the Northwest.

Patients with leukemia, cancer, burns, hemophilia and traumatic injuries depend on the breakthrough discoveries made by Blood Center scientists. The Blood Center’s physicians are all full time faculty members at the University of Washington School of Medicine.  The independent, community-based Blood Center has a long and unique tradition of blending community volunteerism, medical science as well as research to improve patients’ lives.  For more information on the Blood Center visit www.psbc.org.

Please contact Tom Butterworth at 206-292-6511 or pager 206-680-2610 with any questions.

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