JUNE 2017 32 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM A COW MILK-OFF IS AN UDDER SUCCESS IN HELPING HUNGER FIGHT There were no boos at the ballfield. Just moos. Maybe you herd about the event at Chase Field on Tuesday at which the Diamondbacks milked media attention for a serious cause: feeding the hungry. A cow milk-off held at Chase Field raised the steaks for kickoff events. D-backs pitchers Archie Bradley, Andrew Chafin and J.J. Hoover used their skills, honed in the farm league, to see who could coax the most milk from Pokey the Cow, standing in the right field pasture. Bradley makes a squeeze play. Hoover had onlookers exclaiming, “Holy cow!” as he was able to capture the most milk from Pokey. But Bradley and Chafin had no beef with their winning teammate (they weren’t crying over spilled milk) as they acknowledged that the real winner in the contest was the cause. The udderly successful event served as the kickoff of this season’s new Grand Slam Milk Drive program. READ MORE ONLINE Photo credit: Mike Saucier HEAR HERE CONTINUED
JUNE 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 33 Kind-Hearted Kid Chef Donates Bike Prize to Homeless READ MORE ONLINE When 11-year-old kid chef, Katie Cafferelli won the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona’s Walk On! Kids Cooking Challenge, and a bike of her choice, she made the philanthropic decision to donate the bike to a local charity. With the help of Blue Cross, Cafferelli decided to donate the bike to UMOM, the largest shelter for homeless families in Phoenix. HEAR HERE CONTINUED


