Topic: Children’s Issues
Posted on 7/1/2018
Manship Stations’ ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge raised $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during the “Live St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway Special” on June 10. All 10,000 tickets were sold in record time. WBRZ anchors Sylvia Weatherspoon and John Pastorek hosted the live event, which included interviews with St. Jude patients and their families, who never receive a bill for their care. Grand prize winner Dominique Banks won a brand-new 3,000 square foot home valued at $550,000.
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