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Dairy Max Kicks Off Dairy Month with 'Give a Pint, Get a Pint' Blood Drive
Fri, 31 May 2013 15:15:33 CDT
June is Dairy Month and Susan Allen with Dairy MAX took the opportunity to visit with Radio Oklahoma Network's Ron Hays about a number of activities lined up across Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Allen will appear on this weekend's "In the Field" show on News 9 about 6:40 Saturday morning.
"We have a lot of activities going on across our three-state region. This weekend we're kicking off Dairy Farmer Day at the Texas Rangers baseball game and milking a cow on the field and all kinds of fun things like that.
"In Oklahoma, we have seven field days this summer which is more than we've ever had, you know, judging contests for kids, very important for the dairy kids, the dairy farmers. A great time for them to get together. The kids learn something, learn some skills, and just enjoy being together. And then we have some blood drives going on here in Oklahoma-lots of very important things for June Dairy Month."
She said the major project is the "Give a pint, get a pint" blood drive that will happen on June 10th.
"You give a pint of blood and you get a pint of chocolate milk compliments of Highland Dairy. We've partnered with the Oklahoma Blood Institute and Highland Dairy to do this blood drive. Everyone that donates gets a milk t-shirt, the milk, a squeeze cow, recipes, all kinds of things. But, more importantly, you're helping our community. We always have a need to make sure our blood supply is up during the summer, but sometimes donations are down. So we're helping in June Dairy Month, on June 10th, at four metro Oklahoma Blood Institute locations to keep that blood supply up plus celebrate how dairy farmers regularly give back to their communities. They're good neighbors. They're good people. This is the kind of thing they do all the time."
Allen said that in addition to the free items given to each blood donor, Highland will also be giving a year's supply of milk to one lucky blood donor. The blood drive will be held at the two Oklahoma City Oklahoma Blood Institute locations, one in Edmond and one in Norman. She said there will also be a mobile unit at the high school in Kingfisher on June 27th to continue the blood drive there.
Allen said the idea of the "Give a pint, get a pint" blood drive actually came from a dairy farmer in Okarche. Upon researching it, she found that the calcium in milk is not only good for our bones, but also for our blood vessels. The idea is being rolled out in the three states of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, that Dairy MAX serves.
She said you can follow Dairy Max on Facebook or at DairyMax.org to learn about all their activities during June Dairy Month.
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