October 2003

Pints & Quarts ▲ Statewide Community Service Project

Project Rules

Members of county bar associations may give a pint of blood and/or a quart of food during the month of October 2003.

The event will begin on Oct. 1 and end on Oct. 31, 2003. Your event may take place at any time during the month as long as it is completed by the end of October 2003.

The Oklahoma Blood Institute Sylvan N. Goldman Center will provide blood mobiles, etc. Contact Eden Manning in Oklahoma City at (800) 827-5693 or (405) 297-5549 for the contact person in your region.

County bar associations are encouraged to challenge each other. Challenges issued are:
* Custer County vs. Payne County
* Washington County vs. Garfield County
* Comanche County vs. Muskogee County
* Cleveland County vs. Canadian County

A county bar winner will be declared within each challenge group and an overall statewide winner will also be declared.

Custer County -Blood drive is Monday, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the courthouse. Food drive is throughout the month and donations are being collected at the Law Library. Project Chair: Stephen Beam

Garfield County - Blood drive will be Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 8 a.m. to noon, across the street west of the courthouse, on the square in Enid. All donors will receive their choice of a red OU Bedlam Blood Drive T-shirt featuring the Sooner Schooner or orange OSU Bedlam Blood Drive T-shirt featuring Pistol Pete. The Garfield County food drive will benefit Horn of Plenty, Enid's food bank and will continue all month long. Project Chair: David Butler

Payne County - Blood drive will be Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second floor of the Payne County Courthouse. Look for signs for exact location. Food donations will also be collected throughout the month on the second floor of the courthouse. Project Chair: Scott Pappas (405) 624-8385

Washington County -Blood drive is set for Thursday, Oct. 23, and will be held in the Public Meeting Room in the basement of the Washington County Administration Building, 400 S Johnstone (just south of the courthouse) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The food drive began Oct. 1 and ends Oct. 31. Non-perishable food items are being collected at the Washington County Courthouse, on the first floor in the foyer, throughout the month or people may call Washington County Pints & Quarts Chair Linda Thomas at (918) 336-6300 to arrange for items to be picked up.

The quarts should be stored at the court house or some other centrally located place within your county. You should make arrangements to donate the quarts to a local food pantry or other charitable organization. To tabulate final results, count each item as one "quart." It is suggested that you alert your local newspapers and other media outlets and encourage them to take pictures during the event. Plus, take photos yourself and send them to the OBA Public Information Dept., OBA, P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152 for the bar journal and Web site. Digital photos okay, too. Send to carolm@okbar.org.

The results of your drive must be given to OBA Executive Director John Morris Williams no later than Nov. 25, 2003. John Morris Williams will declare winners between the challenging counties and an overall winner. The decision of the executive director will be final and not subject to appeal.

Non-lawyers may give blood or donate food.

For each individual challenge between counties, a winner of the pints competition and a winner of the quarts competition will be announced. In addition, an overall statewide winner of the pints competition and an overall statewide winner of the quarts competition will be announced.

Subcommittee Chairs: Stephen Beam and Melissa DeLacerda