With a joint purpose to save lives through blood donation, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and Elizabeth Seton School- Las Piñas Campus successfully collected a total of 1,072 blood units during the 11th Dugtong Buhay bloodletting activity recently.
PRC Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon expressed gratitude to partner school and donors who made the event successful.
Gordon also congratulated the Founder and President Emeritus of Elizabeth Seton and Dugtong Buhay Founder Dr. Josefina Suarez who was recently awarded the prestigious Doña Aurora Aragon Quezon Medal during the 34th Biennial National Convention of the PRC for her outstanding humanitarian efforts.
“Elizabeth Seton School has been a loyal ally of the PRC for 30 years.”
“Elizabeth Seton School has been a loyal ally of the PRC for 30 years. The Dugtong Buhay initiative has been very successful because of the strong leadership of Dr. Josefina Suarez, a Doña Aurora Aragon Quezon Medal awardee,” the PRC chief said.
“Dr. Suarez’s life is deeply rooted in compassion and service. Through her life-changing advocacy, she unified the entire Setonian community towards pursuing the spirit of volunteerism and humanitarian action. I also would like to thank all the blood donors for their kusang-loob, malasakit, at kapwa-tao. Together, we can save more lives,” he added.
“Kung umabot ako ng 11th year, I can still go further.”
“I am committed to the Red Cross. Kung umabot ako ng 11th year, I can still go further. Lagi kong inuulit-ulit sa Red Cross, you have my loyalty and my commitment that I am going to pursue this. Hangga’t may lakas ako at kaya ko, tuloy-tuloy ito,” Suarez stated.
“The Dugtong Buhay blood donation drive began in October 1995. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, our previous blood drives brought in 4,000 to 6,000 bags annually, with each campus in Las Piñas and Cavite contributing 1,000 to 1,500 bags. Dugtong Buhay has achieved one of the largest single blood donations ever recorded to the PRC,” PRC Secretary-General Dr. Gwen Pang explained.
