Thursday, May 05, 2011

Making A Big National Difference All In One Amazing Day

Astral Media's National Day of Caring for Kids Radiothon is happening simultaneously today on 60 radio stations across Canada (click their Facebook page to see what's happening), in support of children’s hospitals and health care facilities.

Double KUDOS to VP/BC Operations for Astral Brad Phillips who is also President of the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters and is simultaneously playing host to their 64th annual convention in Kelowna just as his 99.9 Sun FM, AM 1150 and 101-5 EZ Rock originate the one-day “Have a Heart” Radiothon event for Kelowna General Hospital.

This live broadcast calls upon listeners to help raise much-needed funds to support care for young patients, enable the acquisition of new specialized pediatrics equipment and provide parents with support services. The “Have A Heart” Radiothon will run from 6am to 6pm from Orchard Park Shopping Centre in the Sky Court.

This year, the focus is on raising funds for specialized equipment for the new pediatric trauma and waiting rooms at Kelowna General Hospital. One hundred percent of the money raised during this one-day, 12 hour event will stay in our community to help babies and kids.

2 comments:

BCAB said...

We only change when things stop working for us.. and you can profit from change- Parikhal

Broadcast Dialogue said...

The annual Astral Media Radio English-language stations’ National Caring for Kids radiothon last
y saw listeners across Canada donate $6.7 million. Sixty Astral stations in 30 cities participated.
The funds will help support several large children's hospitals and healthcare facilities. Astral teamed with
Children's Miracle Network, the international non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving
the lives of sick children.