FOCUS POINT, MALAYSIA'S BIGGEST OPTICAL CHAIN, ORGANISED A BLOOD DONATION DRIVE AND COLLECTED 172 PINTS OF BLOOD! WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING A GOOD RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CITIZEN!

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FOCUS POINT ORGANISES A BLOOD DONATION DRIVE

172 PINTS OF BLOOD COLLECTED   

Dato Liaw Choon Liang, founder of Focus Point chain of optic shops is a proud blood donor and well he should! Good job! 

Malaysia Largest Optical Chain Store, FOCUS POINT and its charity arm, FOCUS POINT CARING HEARTS CHARITY FOUNDATION,  to coincide with this year's theme by the World Health Organization: “Give the gift of life: donate blood” organized its annual Blood Donation Drive  in support of Malaysia’s National Blood Bank on 10 November 2013. The drive took place in The Curve Shopping Mall and was equipped with all of the technical equipment and requirements to render the process a success.  A total of 200 donors, both new and repeat donors, donated blood and 172 pints of blood were collected during the drive.

Speaking at the occasion, President and CEO of Focus Point, Dato’ Liaw Choon Liang said: “It is part of our social responsibility to look into the needs of the society. I am happy to see the public response towards the call, and it is to our greatest proud to work closely with Blood Bank Malaysia to achieve the success of this noble and humanitarian initiative. We thank The Curve Shopping Mall as well for their generous support, and what better gift to give humanity than the gift of life. Together, we can save lives… all in a day’s work.

                             

Focus Point is always looking at opportunities to participate in various humanitarian initiatives that are designed to serve the society and contribute in spreading awareness about the aspects of health.

 “Giving blood has health benefits as each time you donate blood, you remove some of the iron it contains. High iron levels can increase the risk of heart disease. In any case, as long as you are healthy, your body replaces lost plasma in 24 hours and red blood cells in about 36 days so there are no real repercussions to your health,” said Cik Fariza who led the team from the National Blood Bank.

Focus Point’s blood donation campaign attracted 200 potential blood donors. Participants queued to register, had their blood type, blood pressure and medical history recorded, iron levels checked and personal details logged in the National Blood Bank’s database before proceeding to give blood at a specially marked area.

(6^th from the left) Dato’ Liaw Choon Liang, President /CEO of Focus Point together with the CSR team during the blood donation drive recently.

“That’s nothing better gift than donating blood”

Blood Donation Drive at The Curve


Good Samaritans doing their bit for society