SM Foundation is the recipient of the Jose Rizal Award, the highest award given to an organization, from the Philippine Blood Center of the Department of Health.

SM is the first organization to establish a virtual blood bank-blood donated by SM employees ate ‘banked’ with the Philippine Blood Center and is available free of charge to SM employees and their relatives.

The establishment of the blood bank was provided for in a memorandum of agreement between SM Foundation and the Philippine Blood Center to lessen dependence on paid blood donations from commercial blood banks. With it, exposure of recipients to diseases transmitted through blood transfusion like HIV-AIDS and hepatitis, among others, is prevented.

Employees from SM Group of Companies participate in scheduled mass blood donations spearheaded by SM Foundation Health and Medical Programs in collaboration with the SM medical services.

The banked blood has since helped numerous SM employees and their families. Banked blood not availed of by SM employees are donated to patients in government hospitals where wards are adopted by SM Foundation and hospitals that host Feliddad Sy Wellness Centers.