UAP partners with Red Cross

The Philippine Red Cross is a humanitarian organization, which provides
services to uplift the lives of the underprivileged. One of its basic services is the Blood Services, which works on providing the country with adequate and safe blood supply from volunteer, non-remunerated blood donors.

The PRC operates a network of blood service facilities nationwide, their
capabilities to provide manpower and logistics support to the UAP, necessary for mass blood donation activities as well as issuing blood to architects in need, is dependent on the support to its blood service program The UAP, which operates and maintains regional chapters nationwide, will provide the necessary support by being the source of blood donors, through regular mass blood donation activity among its members and networks, that will complement its needs and requirements for the purpose of ready availability of blood, regardless of blood type, for every individual architect at anytime and anywhere.

On this precept, the PRC and the UAP agreed to conduct annual mass blood
donation (MBD) every year starting on March 26, 2011. The MBD project shall be called ‘DUGO AT SERBISYO, UMAAGAPAY ANG ARKITEKTONG PILIPINO”’.

Mechanics:
1. The PRC represented by each PRC Blood Center in coordination with UAP,
to be represented by designated chapter officers from its 128 chapters
nationwide; shall jointly plan, prepare, and conduct a nationwide
simultaneous Mass blood donation activity in each of the City or
municipalities where a PRC Blood Center is located. Each Blood center will
be matched with the nearest UAP chapter/chapters or district in the vicinity.
2. The PRC and UAP shall undertake the promotion and dissemination of
information to generate support and participation among its members,
families, employees, industry partners, and friends, as well as walk in donors for each blood donation activity organized under the MOA.

ALL CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
ALL DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Regional Districts B1, B2, A3, A4 and A5

An Invitation to Participate in the Nationwide Mass Blood Donating
Activity of UAP and the Philippine Red Cross on UAP Foundation Day – Saturday, March 26, 2011

1. Pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 35 re: Nationwide Conduct of DUGO
AT SERBISYO:UMAAGAPAY ANG ARKITEKTONG PILIPINO - A Nationwide Mass Blood Donating Activity of UAP and the Philippine Red Cross on UAP Foundation Day - March 26, 2011, the Office of the National President is encouraging all Chapter Officers and Members of Regional Districts B1, B2, A3, A4 and A5 to participate in this activity.

2. Further, we would like also to encourage your family, your architectural firm’s staff, employees and construction personnel, if any to participate in this Mass Blood Donating Activity, including Blood Typing and Data Banking.