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Follow on Google News | Region’s BioScience Leaders Step Up to the Plate to Fight HungerSpecial event on Sunday, August 28 to raise funds to fight world hunger
By: Melanie Bernds The special day at Busch Stadium is designed to highlight our region's leadership in biosciences and the potential it brings for new industries, an educated workforce and jobs. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will benefit World Food Day Commemoration on October 14-15 hosted by the Danforth Center. For more information visit, http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. World Food Day marks the founding of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization and is designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger. Cardinals’ fans who sign up during the baseball game to volunteer to package food at Danforth Center’s World Food Day Commemoration on October 14th & 15th will receive a voucher for a discounted ticket to a future game. “We are grateful to Bill DeWitt and the St. Louis Cardinals for the opportunity to showcase our region’s expertise in bioscience and to educate people of all ages about our efforts to find solutions to critical issues such as world hunger and energy independence,” “BioScience Day at the Ballpark” is supported by many local companies and organizations including: MVP Level Sponsor Monsanto Grand Slam Sponsor Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Triple Level Sponsor Novus International Double Level Sponsor Biomerieux Single Level Sponsors CoFactor Genomics St. Louis Community College stlouisgreen.com St. Louis Science Center Pure Power Plant and Life Science Network Moneta SCOPE Day of Event Media Contacts: Karla Goldstein, (314) 406-4287 or Melanie Bernds (314) 605-6363. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science. Research at the Danforth Center will feed the hungry and improve human health, preserve and renew the environment, and enhance the St. Louis region and Missouri as a world center for plant science. The Center’s work is funded through competitive grants and contract revenue from many sources, including the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center invites you to visit its new website, www.danforthcenter.org, featuring interactive information on the Center’s scientists, news and research, including the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels, the Center for Advanced Biofuel Research, and the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts. Public education outreach, RSS feeds and the brand-new “Roots & Shoots” blog help keep visitors up to date with Center’s current operations and areas of research. End
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