BSP Batangas City Blood Letting Activity
Empowering its thrust to promote community service and as service project in celebration of BP Day 2016, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Batangas City Council thru the Alliance of Batangan Leaders and Devoted Eagle Scouts, A-BLADES in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Batangas City Chapter conducted its very first bloodletting.
With the theme, “Dugong Alay, Sagip Buhay,” the group conducted the activity last February 6, Saturday, at the PRC Headquarters Blood Testing Center. It started at eight in the morning. Preliminary stages such as filling up of donor forms and donor interview were conducted. There was a total of 26 - 450 mL bags of blood were the output of the said activity. The chapter administrator of PRC, who was also a scout citizen awardee, Ronald Generoso, commended his long time friend, A-BLADES Chairman Arvin Valencia for conducting such noble activity. All eagle scouts, together with their donors, the officers and the PRC’s staff all went home with a smile, knowing that what they’ve done today will truly help create a better world.