Hundreds of blood donors across the state participated in the Oklahoma Pork Council Pre-Memorial Day Blood Drive, including Brett and Greg Ramsey of Blue & Gold Sausage Co., Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur, Oklahoma Pork's Braden Burns and Matti Carlile, and Deputy ODAFF Commissioner JanLee Rowlett.
Every year our board and members are proud to host the Oklahoma Pork Council Pre-Memorial Day Blood Drive in communities throughout the state. This annual event allows Oklahoma Pork to partner with the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) to save lives going into the dangerous summer season while promoting pork to a broad audience of Oklahomans.
Throughout all 11 participating locations over the past two days, donors received a free pulled pork sandwich, a free “Body by Bacon” shirt, and free admission to an Oklahoma attraction of their choice this summer. Hundreds of Oklahomans stepped up to give, including participation at our pop-up mobile giving centers in two of Oklahoma's proud pork production communities Hennessey and Holdenville. We are excited to receive our final blood drive report from OBI next week to determine if we met our statewide goal of 1,200 donors.
Thank you to our members and community supporters who took time to give blood this week!