PAL is Red Cross ‘Millennium Partner’

Philippine Airlines, through the efforts of its chairman and chief executive officer Dr. Lucio C. Tan, was recently named a “Millennium Partner” of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC).

Dr. Tan and Tourism Secretary Richard J. Gordon, chairman of the PNRC’s fund generation and disaster management committees, formalized the partnership during the PNRC’s national convention last Thursday, Dec. 6.

At the same occasion, Tan agreed to donate P1 million every year for five years to the organization.

“This is a tremendous boost to the thousands of Filipinos who work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of their fellowmen,” Gordon told Tan.

As a Millennium Partner, PAL will take an active part in supporting the PNRC’s disaster management and blood services programs.

Airline employees will also have the opportunity to be trained by the PNRC in dispensing emergency services.

Even before the Red Cross designation, PAL was already active in assisting various organizations in disaster relief, particularly in ferrying food, medical supplies and emergency personnel to affected areas in the aftermath of typhoons and other natural calamities.