Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 8/13/2015
Nexstar Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate WWTI-TV Syracuse learned of a local initiative that collected backpacks for in-need children. Through PSAs, the station began encouraging viewers to donate food and other items to the cause. Every Friday, backpacks are filled with nearly 10 pounds of food. Cash donations have exceeded $5,000.
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