Osan City Launches Public Officials' Blood Donation Campaign

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City conducted its 10th 'Public Officials' Blood Donation Campaign for Love' on October 22-23 at Osan City Hall Plaza.

The event featured Osan City's mascot 'Kkasun-i' and volunteers from the Korean Red Cross Osan District Council making rounds at city hall and other facilities to encourage blood donation participation.

A city official stated, "We express our gratitude to Osan City public officials and citizens who have practiced the spirit of life-sharing and volunteer service even amid the spread of COVID-19," and added, "We have designated the fourth Thursday and Friday of every month as Osan City's regular public officials' blood donation day, and we urge continued active participation."

An official from the Gyeonggi Blood Center of the Korean Red Cross stated, "We are thoroughly conducting disinfection of blood donation buses and personal hygiene management of collection staff to ensure blood donors can participate with confidence," and urged participation in blood donation so that patients in urgent need of transfusions can continue their precious lives.

Meanwhile, the city has been conducting blood donation campaigns every month since February when COVID-19 began spreading.