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Loons, Dow Partner for Dow Student Heroes

Published on April 20, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Great Lakes Loons News Release


MIDLAND, Mich. - For the sixth consecutive year, the Great Lakes Loons and the Dow Chemical Company will partner together for the Dow Student Heroes Program with a focus of impacting the lives of young people in the region. The program brings Lou E. Loon and various Loons players to five schools of the Great Lakes Bay Region to emphasize the importance of education. As part of the program, Dow donates 200 tickets to each of the participating schools. Schools can use the tickets for incentives to encourage and reward the academic achievements of their students.

The beginning stop of the 2012 Dow Student Heroes Program takes place Thursday, April 25, at Heavenrich Elementary School in Saginaw at 10:30 a.m. The program will also make stops at Herig Elementary on Friday, April 27; C.C. Coulter Elementary and Kolb Elementary on Wednesday, May 2; and MacGregor Elementary on Thursday, May 3.

Five additional schools have been selected by Dow to receive the ticket portion of the program. These schools are Bullock Creek Middle School, Hemlock Middle School, Ricker Middle School, Loomis Elementary and Merrill Park Elementary.

For more information about the Dow Student Heroes Program, presented by the Dow Chemical Company, call 989-837-BALL. The Loons are a sixth-year Single-A partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and in the middle of their 5th Anniversary Celebration, which kicked off in August 2011 and will continue throughout the 2012 season. For more information about the Loons and Dow Diamond, visit Loons.com or call 989-837-BALL.

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