Buy Alabama's Best Campaign Underway
By: Stephen Crews
Updated: February 27, 2013
The Alabama Grocers Association, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the Alabama Food Manufacturers and Producers Association will hold a press briefing for the Buy Alabama's Best campaign on Wednesday, February 27 at 10:30 a.m.
The press briefing will be held at the Capital City Club (201 Monroe Street, Montgomery) in the Terrace Ballrooms. Speakers will include Speaker Mike Hubbard, Alabama House of Representatives, Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan, as well as industry leaders. Members of the Alabama Legislature will also be in attendance.
The press briefing will be held at the Capital City Club (201 Monroe Street, Montgomery) in the Terrace Ballrooms. Speakers will include Speaker Mike Hubbard, Alabama House of Representatives, Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan, as well as industry leaders. Members of the Alabama Legislature will also be in attendance.
The Buy Alabama's Best campaign will run throughout the months of March and 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 vitally 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 months of March and September will go to Children's of Alabama to help find a cure for childhood cancer. To date, our efforts have raised over $435,000.
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 of Alabama 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.
Children's of Alabama is the 10th busiest pediatric medical center in the United States. The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's of Alabama is the state's only comprehensive center for pediatric cancer and other blood disorders, treating 90 percent of all such patients diagnosed in Alabama. Specialized pediatric services exist for all forms of childhood cancer, leukemia, brain and spinal cord tumors, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders and sickle cell diseases in the state. The center is a partnership between Children's of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders is home to the only pediatric programs in Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Developmental Cancer Therapeutics, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Pediatric Hemophilia and Sickle Cell Disease in the State of Alabama. The cancer program is ranked among the best in the nation by US News & World Report. For more information, visit www.childrensal.org,
Facebook.com/childrenshospitalofalabama or twitter.com/ChildrensAL.
For a complete list of Buy Alabama Best participating companies, visit www.buyalabamasbest.com.
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