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Energa's Kropelka Energii blood drive marks 100th edition with over 4,100 litres donated since 2012

Kropelka Energii, the employee blood donation initiative of the Gdańsk-based Energa Group, part of the Orlen Group, held its 100th mobile drive on 14 October outside the Olivia Centre in Gdańsk. Over 14 years the scheme has collected more than 4,100 litres of blood from 9,233 participants. The jubilee drive drew 47 people, 38 of whom donated, adding over 17 litres to the regional blood bank.

Kamil Kusier executive editor 15.10.2026, 13:52 Reading time: 2 min

White banner reading Kropelka Energii with a smiling red drop, in front of office buildings marked Energa — fot. Energa

In brief

Kropelka Energii, the voluntary blood donation initiative of Grupa Energa employees, held its hundredth blood drive on 14 October outside Olivia Centre in Gdańsk. The hundredth Kropelka Energii drive drew 47 people, 38 of whom donated, yielding over 17 litres. Since 2012, 9,233 people have taken part in all one hundred drives, collecting 4,154 litres of blood. The next Kropelka Energii drives are scheduled for 18 November and 16 December.

A jubilee drive with 38 donors

The 100th edition came with a celebratory setting. The mobile collection point stood, as at every Energa drive, outside the Olivia Centre, and donors were offered hot chocolate, churros and a birthday cake in a jubilee zone.

With the jubilee drive included, the total collected across all editions reached 4,154 litres, the equivalent of 9,232 standard 450 ml donations.

- One hundred drives, 14 years of history and more than 4,100 litres of donated blood: these numbers show the real help our blood donation drives bring. Just as important is that behind these numbers stand thousands of people, above all Energa Group employees, who have joined Kropelka Energii over the years. We owe all of them enormous thanks. Thanks to your commitment the initiative has grown without interruption since 2012, and the Energa Foundation can continue its mission of building a culture of helping and promoting voluntary blood donation - said Katarzyna Dziadul, president of the Energa Foundation.

The foundation does not intend to stop at the jubilee.

- The jubilee hundredth is not the end of this story but another important chapter - Katarzyna Dziadul added.

From an informal club to the Energa Foundation

Kropelka Energii was launched in 2012 by two Energa Group employees, Tomasz Rubanowicz and Piotr Krysiński. They first organised drives under an informal honorary blood donors' club, which in 2017 became a foundation named Kropelka Energii. The initiative is now run, developed and promoted by the Energa Foundation.

According to the Regional Blood Donation and Blood Treatment Centre in Gdańsk, Kropelka Energii was the leading organiser of mobile blood drives in the city in 2025. Its 12 drives that year placed it first in Gdańsk with almost 260 litres of blood collected.