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Posted in: Blog by admin on September 3, 2010
Buy Alabama’s Best August Press Conference
BIRMINGHAM — The Alabama Grocers Association, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the Alabama Food Manufacturers and Producers Association will hold a press conference for the Buy Alabama’s Best campaign on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:00 am. The press conference will be held at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama, located at 1600 7th Ave. South, Birmingham, Alabama in the hospital lobby.
The Buy Alabama’s Best campaign will run throughout the month of September and is designed to inform and educate consumers on what products are made, produced, manufactured and/or headquartered in the state of Alabama. During these tough economic times it is important to support our local economy. Alabama food product sales have a $2 billion impact in Alabama’s economy, tax base and along with the grocery and food service industries, employ one out of every four Alabamians. A portion of the sale of participating Alabama products during the month of September will go to Children’s Hospital of Alabama to help find a cure for childhood cancer. To date, our efforts have raised over $170,000.
Retailers all over the state will be supporting this campaign in their stores with Alabama product displays, ads, signage, special promotions and will sell Children’s Hospital icons to support our fight to find a cure for pediatric cancer. When consumers shop in their local grocery store, they need to look for the Buy Alabama’s Best logo under products to ensure they are buying the best products made right here in Alabama.
The Children’s Hospital of Alabama is the 10th busiest pediatric medical center in the United States. The UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Children’s is the single largest provider of specialized pediatric services for all forms of cancer, leukemia, brain and spinal cord tumors, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders and sickle cell diseases. It is also home to the Lowder Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, the only pediatric bone marrow transplant program in the state. Ninety-five percent of the children in Alabama diagnosed with childhood cancer and other blood disorders are treated by the UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit www.chsys.org.
For a complete list of Buy Alabama Best participating companies, visit www.buyalabamasbest.com.
For further information contact Ellie Taylor at 205.823.8544 or info@buyalabamasbest.com.
