Kota Kinabalu: Kota Kinabalu Journalists Association (KKJA) will be organising a blood donation drive at the ITCC Shopping Mall in Penampang on Sept 22.
Held in collaboration with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Blood Bank Unit, it aims to collect between 100 and 150 pints of blood on that day.
“The blood drive will be from 10am to 5pm,” said KKJA Chairman Jimmy Goh.
This event is KKJA’s third. The first two, held at Centre Point shopping centre’s Palm Square, received encouraging response.
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“Blood banks are constantly in need of supplies to assist patients who require blood transfusions due to accidents, operations, births and other circumstances.
“Since the community has helped us in the media industry for so long we feel that conducting a blood drive to save lives is one way to show our appreciation,” he said.
Over a hundred packets of goodie bags await donors on that day (first come first serve).
KKJA thanked the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Blood Bank Unit for the support, ITCC Shopping Mall, Datuk Ceasar Mandela Malakun and Krusi Kadazan-Dusun UMS for providing the venue, Padiberas Nasional Berhad, Kojasa, Myxo, Cha Yi, Dong Sin, UNE, Wan Lin, Kim Teck Cheong, A1 Chicken Rice, KK Seafood Garden, Wah Yoon and Double Smart for their contributions.
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