For Love of the Children
February 7th through February 13th, 2016
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100% of each donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children helps children with special needs.
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Through the Crusade we’ve changed the lives of millions of children in Kentucky and Indiana since 1954.
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Right now we’re funding 1 in 3 children who need the Crusade.
Change a child’s life, support the WHAS Crusade for Children.
How the Crusade works
The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. established in 1954 by WHAS-TV, raises money for agencies, schools and hospitals to better the lives of special needs children.
$165 million raised for special needs children
In its first 62 years, the Crusade has raised more than $165 million. Thanks to generous contributions of goods and services, the Crusade is able to return 100 percent of all donations to organizations that serve special needs children in all 120 Kentucky counties and more than 50 southern Indiana counties. Fire departments raise more than 50 percent of the money each year by staging road blocks and other events.
An independent board decides
An independent board of interdenominational ministers known as the Crusade Advisory Panel decides how donations are distributed each year.
Agencies apply for grants
Representatives from agencies, schools and hospitals apply for grants and appear before the panel during grant hearings held each spring. Once the hearings are complete, the advisory panel determines which agencies receive Crusade donations.
Since agency grant requests far exceed donations to the Crusade each year, the panel has difficult decisions to make.
The Crusade telethon airs in June
The annual Crusade Internet/radio/telethon is held each year on the first full weekend in June and is aired on WHAS Radio (AM 840), WHAS-TV (Channel 11.1) and worldwide on WHAS11.com. Portions of the broadcast are also seen and heard on a Kentucky statewide network.
Millions of children have been helped
Millions of children have been helped by the Crusade since 1954. The WHAS Crusade for Children celebrates 60 years of changing children’s lives in 2013.
Donations are tax deductible
The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Gifts are tax deductible as permitted by law. The Crusade is the most successful and oldest local telethon in America.
Information taken directly from the WHAS Crusade for Children's website: http://www.crusadeforchildren.org/who-we-are/
The WHAS Crusade for Children has helped millions of children with special needs across the Commonwealth since 1954. Right here in Fayette County, the children served by Allegro Dance Project, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc., CASA of Lexington, Easter Seals Cardinal Hill, Hospice of the Bluegrass and VIPS-Central Kentucky have received funding from this special resource. Beginning February 7 and running through February 13, For the Love of Children week will kick off featuring restaurants across Lexington that will give a portion of their sales to support WHAS Crusade for Children and their continued dedication to the children with special needs in Fayette County.
To learn more about each agency participating in the For the Love of Children week please go to the Agency Partners page.
For the restaurant schedule and accompanying flyers please go to the Restaurant Schedule & Flyers page.
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