The Santa High School Batch 1977 Alumni Association (SHS’77AA) Inc. launched the Give Blood, Give Life project. It is the organization’s first ever campaign to promote blood donation. The campaign comes as a collateral activity to the Batch 77’s first anniversary celebration last 8 September 2012 held at The Kalapaw77. The campaign is line with the continuing program of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) to create wider awareness of the need for safe blood transfusion and the importance of blood donation.
On hand to oversee the activity are volunteers from the Philippine National Red Cross Ilocos Sur Chapter led by attending medical practitioner Dr. Pablo R. Quedado. The PNRC team made strict compliance to the qualifications for donors, namely: age: 16 to 65 years old, weight: 50 kilos or 110 pounds, blood pressure: 110/70-130/90m, must have a minimum of six hours sleep, and healthy.Also on the same activity, members of the Santa High School Batch 1977 Alumni Association (SHS’77AA) Inc. were given free blood screening which also included blood typing, blood sugar/hemoglobin check-up and blood pressure analysis.
On a confirmation letter dated 11 September 2012 addressed to the association president Ramon C. Balallo, the Philippine National Red Cross Ilocos Sur Chapter Officer-in-Charge Raymund Mario T. Chan acknowledged the receipt of six thousand three hundred milliliters (6,300 ml) of blood collected from fourteen (14) donors.
The fourteen (14) donors are Adonis Bilgera, Joseph Baltero, Melissa Dela Cueva, Benjamin Baterina, Stephen Galen Racca, Benedick Baltero, Ruben Racca, Leonard Guerzon, Peter Andy Racca, Godofredo Borje, Abraham Balderama, Miguel Dumlao, Neil Mapp and Joseph Crisanto Martinez. Eight (8) donors are from Labut Sur, two (2) from Mabilbila, one (1) each from Magsaysay District and Calungbuyan in Santa, and one (1) each from San Julian Sur in Vigan and Sta. Mesa, Images: Joseph Crisanto Martinez
Text: Joseph Crisanto Martinez
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