Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 2/15/2016
West Virginia Radio Group’s WCHS-AM Charleston raised $188,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in a radiothon held February 11-12. “People respond. They’re listening to the radio; they want their on-air personalities to hit their goals,” said St. Jude ‘s Associate Director of Fundraising Dan Warble. “They want St. Jude to hit their goals. It always happens.”
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