Givers in the Clouds

Polish Army soldiers who participated in blood donation campaigns under the aforementioned program in the years 2022-2024 (a total of 28 blood donation campaigns were organized, during which over 500 liters of blood were collected) had the opportunity to participate in parachute training using the Static Line (SL) method as a form of gratification for their high attendance in the aforementioned campaigns.

Within the course, instructors from the Flyfast Zamość Parachute School acquainted participants with, among other things, safety conditions for making parachute jumps, applicable regulations, detailed construction of parachutes, jump theory, and procedures in the event of emergencies. The theoretical part concluded with exercises on the parachute harness as well as using the An-2 airplane and a training model. After passing the theoretical test, soldiers were admitted to the next stage, which was to perform independent jumps from a height of 1200 m from the An-2 aircraft.

A total of 11 soldier-blood donors participated in the training, who had the opportunity to perform 3 jumps using the SL method.

The project was financed from the resources ofthe Polish Armaments Group Foundation.

Media patronage over the aforementioned event was taken by the portalDefence24.

Partners of the campaign: the HEIMUR association, the Flyfast Zamość Parachute School, and the Aeroclub of the Zamość Land.

"Promotion of blood donation in the environment of uniformed services" is a program initiated by the Masovian Voivodeship Branch of the PCK and the HEIMUR association in May 2020, whose main objective is to recruit as many new blood donors as possible, especially among soldiers of the Polish Army.

26 blood donation campaigns.

The total number of liters of blood collected under the program: approx. 410.

In September 2022, in collaboration with the HEIMUR association, the 54th Light Infantry Battalion from Zegrze and the 18th Warsaw Territorial Defense Brigade organized the first parachute training (using the Static Line method), to which soldiers-participants of blood donation campaigns under the aforementioned program were invited. The training, during which soldiers performed parachute jumps from a height of 1200 m, took place from September 23 to 25, 2022, at the Zamość-Mokre Airport. The event was financed from the resources ofthe ORLEN Foundation.

28 blood donation campaigns.

The total number of liters of blood collected under the program: approx. 500.

The implementation of the grant program for soldiers, besides increasing the number of uniformed blood donors, also allowed the Masovian Voivodeship Branch of the PCK to strengthen relations with military entities, including the 18th Warsaw Territorial Defense Brigade, which resulted, among other things, in soldiers being engaged in assistance for PCK beneficiaries, including veterans - former prisoners of the Durchgangslager 121 Pruszków transit camp.

On the days of May 31 - June 2, 2024, at the Aeroclub of the Zamość Land airport, located in the village of Mokre, instructors from the Flyfast Zamość parachute school conducted another parachute course using the SL method for soldier-blood donors. This time, to participate in the training, concluded with 3 independently made SL parachute jumps from a height of 1200 m from the An-2 aircraft, the Polish Red Cross invited participants of the campaigns covered by the aforementioned program, organized between October 2022 and May 2024 in the districts of Rembertów, Mokotów, Ursus in the capital city of Warsaw and in Ząbki.

The project was financed from the resources ofthe Polish Armaments Group Foundation.

Media patronage over the aforementioned event was taken by the portalDefence24.