Cáceres awards its 2026 Medal to the Blood Donors Brotherhood

The Cáceres City Council has awarded the 2026 Medal of the City of Cáceres to the “San Pedro de Alcántara” Blood Donor Brotherhood for its altruistic work in promoting blood donation to the Extremadura Blood Bank. The decision was adopted by the Plenary of the Corporation in an ordinary monthly session held on October 15, 2026, and was made public through an announcement by the Cáceres City Council in the BOP of Cáceres no. 0207, dated October 28, 2026, with official reference BOP-2026-5031 and publication on page 24432.

The announcement reproduces the full plenary agreement, which consists of three resolutive points: the granting of the distinction, its publication and communication to the interested parties, and the registration of the title in the municipal register of honors. The corporation thus formalizes the recognition in the month of October and makes it public “for general knowledge” in compliance with municipal regulations on honorary distinctions.

Recognition of Altruistic Work

The first point of the agreement justifies the distinction based on the selfless nature of the brotherhood’s activity: it rewards its altruistic work in promoting blood donation to the Extremadura Blood Bank, “for the benefit of the citizens of Cáceres and the Autonomous Community of Extremadura.” The text therefore places the value of the awarded entity on two scales: the local, as a service to the residents of the Cáceres capital, and the regional, for its contribution to the public blood donation system of Extremadura.

The Medal of the City is the highest honorary distinction granted by the Cáceres council, and its awarding is the responsibility of the Plenary, not the municipal government. In this case, the proposal was incorporated into the agenda of the ordinary session on October 15 and was approved along with other corporate matters.

Publicity, Communication, and Registration in the Book of Honors

The agreement is not limited to the declaration of the award: it orders a sequence of administrative actions that the announcement details point by point.

• Publish the granting of the Medal of the City in the BOP of Cáceres, a procedure materialized by this announcement of October 28, 2026.
• Communicate the award to the interested parties, summoning them to the awarding ceremony convened by the Cáceres City Council.
• Register the granted title in the Book of Honors and Distinctions of the City of Cáceres.

According to the published text, the date of the institutional delivery ceremony remains pending; it will be convened by the council itself and communicated directly to the awarded entity. Registration in the Book of Honors gives the distinction a permanent character in the municipal register of distinctions.

The Regulatory Framework of the Distinction

The announcement is disseminated in application of Article 23 of the Honors and Distinctions Regulations of the city of Cáceres, approved and published in the BOP of Cáceres no. 221, of November 16, 2018. This regulation governs the procedure for granting municipal distinctions and requires the publication of the agreement in the provincial bulletin as a guarantee of publicity and transparency.

The document is signed in Cáceres on October 23, 2026, by the Secretary General, Juan Miguel González Palacios, and is included in Section I - Local Administration of the bulletin, in the announcements section of the Cáceres City Council.

The awarding of the City Medal to the “San Pedro de Alcántara” Blood Donor Brotherhood turns the activity of voluntary donors into a reason for top-level institutional recognition in the capital of Cáceres. For readers, the official announcement confirms the municipal support for blood donation and establishes the procedures already completed—publication and registration—so that any resident can consult the full agreement in the provincial bulletin and learn about the support that the Plenary has given to a sustained effort for the benefit of the Blood Bank of Extremadura.

Source: BOP de Cáceres, no. 0207, October 28, 2026, Section I - Local Administration, page 24432 (official reference: BOP-2026-5031).