TAR College holds the national record for highest number of units of blood collected by an institution or organisation, and has earned a place in the Malaysian Book of Records. The recent October Blood Donation Campaign organized by First Aid Unit (FAU) was launched by Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Health Malaysia on 18 October 2011 with the theme “Donate Blood, Make a Difference”.

More than 1,800 donors including staff, students and also the public donated blood in this campaign held at College Hall, KL Main Campus. The objectives of the campaign were to collect blood for the National Blood Centre as well as to create awareness and social responsibility towards the sick and less fortunate in the community.

Photo captions:

Photo 1: Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai launched the October Blood Donation campaign. Looking on is the Chairperson, Mr Phang Kah Meng

Photo 2: Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai looking at the donor’s blood donation record book.