Army camp conducts blood letting, earns 34k cc blood from soldier donors

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 9): Army camp conducts blood letting, earns 34k cc blood from soldier donors

CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, GAMU, ISABELA -- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (5ID-PA) based in Gamu town has earned 34 thousand cubic centimeters blood from its donor soldiers in a bloodletting activity conducted over the weekend.

Sergeant Clifford Soriano, civil military operations battalion official, said the bloodletting activity is part of the upcoming 78th founding anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

The AFP founding anniversary is annually celebrated every 21st of December which is usually attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

Soriano said soldiers from the different infantry brigades and battalions under the 5th Infantry Division were asked to donate blood to be given to the needy soldier patients and to civilians in its area of operations.

The area of operations of the army division covers Cagayan Valley, Ilocos and Cordillera regions.

Aside from the tree planting activity, the soldiers also conducted a tree planting activity inside the camp as part of contribution to the government’s national greening program.

The army division camp expects that the 34k cc volume of blood will be added as other army units are still conducting bloodletting activity in their respective places of assignments.

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