Dale Cooper bench - St. Helens, Oregon
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howarthe
N 45° 51.762 W 122° 47.808
10T E 515773 N 5078812
In remembrance of Dale Cooper, honoring his many years of helping others
Waymark Code: WM7AMM
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2009
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This bench can be found in Columbia View Park in St. Helens, Oregon.
On March 15, 2005, Dale Cooper was honored by the American Red Cross at the annual Breakfast of Champions at the Oregon Convention Center. The Breakfast of Champions is a fund-raising event which honors local heros in different categories. Dale Cooper was named along with two others as "blood heroes." The website for the event states the following:
"Dale Cooper, Frank Weber and Jim White, all paper mill workers, have combined to donate hundreds of units of blood while organizing blood drives in St. Helens and Scappoose for two decades. Since he joined Crown Zellerbach's paper mill in St. Helens in 1955, Cooper has donated blood. An Air Force veteran and 2000 First Citizen of St. Helens, Cooper continues to give – even past his retirement in 1988. He has donated a total of 121 units of blood during much of his lifetime. Weber first gave blood while with the U.S. Navy during World War II. No one knows how much blood he donated while serving in the Navy until 1962. After taking a job at Boise Cascade as a pipe fitter in 1963, he regularly chaired the mill's blood drive and encouraged his fellow employees to give. White has given 228 units of blood, which includes whole blood and platelets. The meaning of community service has been understood by White since he was in high school, where he first began donating. White worked 45 years for the St. Helens mill before retiring."