Vitamin D Council, Bio-Tech Pharmacal Donate Vitamin D

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.Vitamin D Council partnered with Bio-Tech Pharmacal to give away bottles of 4,000 IU capsules of vitamin D3. The organization is opening a grant application cycle to the public to provide organizations with the supplements to enhance a program or initiative.

 Were primarily looking for organizations that want to use these supplements as a vehicle to educate their communities on vitamin D," said Brant Cebulla, development director of the Vitamin D Council.

We have manufactured vitamin D3 supplements for use in more than 40 clinical trials and are donating this product as a means of reaching out to communities," said Levi Simpson, laboratory director of Bio-Tech Pharmacal.

The Vitamin D Council is looking to support organizations that can use more than 100 bottles of D3, but no more than 400 bottles. The application process is open until February 10, 2012.

The Vitamin D Council is a nonprofit, working to spread awareness on vitamin D, the worldwide vitamin D deficiency pandemic and relay the latest research on vitamin D to the public.