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IN celebration of the 2018 National Family Week, the three Stakes (Diocese) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cagayan de Oro City in partnership with Northern Mindanao Medical Center held a Blood Letting Activity over the weekend at the Stake Center in Ramon Chaves St., here.

More than 60 volunteers showed up and volunteered and 28 were able to successfully donate blood.

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Carmella Belisario, the nurse in charge of the bloodletting said blood donors are welcome to visit them at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) anytime. NMMC is a public hospital serving thousands of patients from all over Northern Mindanao and the nearby provinces and it welcomes blood donors so as to meet the needs of the many patients needing blood transfusion every day.

The National Family Week is celebrated nationwide every last week of September as per Proclamation No. 60 by President Fidel Ramos in 1992. The Church of in Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an active member of the National Committee on the Filipino Family. This years’ theme is “Tungo sa Maginhawa, Panatag, at Matatag na Pamilyang Pilipino.” (pr)

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