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Leading broadcast channel GMA Network through the GMA Kapuso Foundation (GMAKF), its Corporate Affairs Division, and GMA Regional TV, recently held a series of successful Kapuso Bloodletting activities for a number of beneficiaries all over the country.

GMA Network holds Kapuso Bloodletting activity

Leading broadcast channel GMA Network through the GMA Kapuso Foundation (GMAKF), its Corporate Affairs Division, and GMA Regional TV, recently held a series of successful Kapuso Bloodletting activities for a number of beneficiaries all over the country.

With the theme “Donate Blood. Save Lives.,” the Kapuso Bloodletting activity was held last February 22 in GMA Network Studio 4 and in all nine regional stations of the Network: in Cebu (University of the Visayas Main Campus), Davao (SM City Davao), GenSan (KCC Mall of GenSan), Dagupan (Barangay Engineer's Hill, Baguio City), Bicol (Barangay Concepcion, Pequeña Covered Court, Naga City), Bacolod (Bacolod City College), Iloilo (Mary Mart Shopping Mall), CdeO (Capitol University), and in Ilocos (Barangay 17, San Francisco, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte).

In Manila alone, GMA Network collected a total of 226 bags equivalent to 101,100 ml from employees, while in the regions, the Network garnered a total of 332,550 ml of blood or 739 bags from donors across the country.

A sum of 334 blood bags, which is almost 50% of the total tally in the regions, came from Mindanao, while 297 and 108 blood bags were collected from Visayas and Luzon, respectively.

Mel Tiangco, GMAKF Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear knowing that the 5th year of the Kapuso Bloodletting activity turned out to be a huge success, and she has this to say: “This is part of how we celebrate the Network’s 63rd anniversary. And we are truly happy that we were able to elicit the sincerest compassion from those who willingly offered their own blood and their time. We assure them that their contribution in this project will surely come a long way.”

“Through the bloodletting activity, we were also able to further strengthen the Network's volunteerism program,” adds Teresa Pacis, Assistant Vice President of GMA Corporate Affairs, who is also pleased with the positive outcome of the event. “We are very thankful to all the donors who took part in this meaningful endeavor of helping save and extend the lives of those in need.”

The Kapuso Bloodletting activity was done in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross.