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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 212, June 15, 1967 ]

DECLARING JULY 17, 1967, AS BLOOD DONOR’S DAY.

WHEREAS, the Philippine National Red Cross Blood Program has contributed much to the promotion of general health, the mitigation of human suffering and the saving of human lives; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting that a day be set aside on which to dedicate our noblest thoughts and manifest our appreciation to the thousands of blood donors throughout the country who, by sharing part of their life in order that others may live, form the mainstay of the Blood Program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare July 17, 1967, as Blood Donor’s Day. I call upon all people to turn their thoughts on the thousands of blood donors in the country whose unselfishness and charity must be acknowledged with gratitude.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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