60th Crusade is on the air!

60th Crusade is on the air!

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Peabo Bryson gets the Crusade rockin’!

Asking the crowd to “raise the roof” and bringing children on stage as he sang the Disney theme “A Whole New World,” Peabo Bryson officially opened the 60th WHAS Crusade for Children at the Kentucky Center’s Bomhard Theater. So many other performers made the night special. Here are a few photos.
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Updates throughout the day!

As fire departments, companies and organizations report their totals through tomorrow, we’ll be updating donations right up-to-the-minute all day Sunday here on whascrusade.org, Facebook and Twitter. Stay tuned and check back often.


Download the new Crusade App

Yes, there’s an app for that! The Crusade is happy to announce that through the Louisville company, Talgrace Media & Marketing, there’s now a Crusade App that can be downloaded for your Apple iPhone
or Android phone. Just go to the Apple App Store for iPhone or the Google Play Store for Android and search for Crusade for Children.

Hashtag #crusade60

For fans of social media, the Crusade encourages everyone to use the hashtag #crusade60 when tweeting about the Crusade on Twitter. This will create an ongoing dialog and fun for Crusade supporters. You can follow the Crusade on Twitter: @CrusadeChildren or www.twitter.com/crusadechildren. Join the conversation!

Throughout Crusade weekend, there will be continual Facebook updates so be sure to make the Crusade your friend at www.facebook.com/crusadechildren.

Plus the Crusade’s Web site, www.whascrusade.org will feature updates throughout Crusade weekend.

WBNA part of the Crusade Network for second year

For the second year, WBNA-TV ION 21 is a strong partner in the Crusade Network. WBNA will broadcast live from Elizabethtown, Kentucky (Sunday 12:30pm to 2:00pm EDT), Shelbyville, Kentucky (Sunday 2:00pm to 4:30pm EDT) and Bardstown, Kentucky (Sunday 4:30pm to 6:30pm EDT). Bobby Jack Murphy and Jenny Merryman will host the segments from Elizabethtown and Bardstown while WHAS11 First Alert Storm Team Meteorologist Ben Pine will host the Shelbyville broadcast. They will welcome area fire departments and civic groups with their fundraising efforts to make life better for special needs children.

WBNA General Manager Tom Fawbush said, “Participating in the Crusade for Children is part of what it means to be from Kentuckiana. We are honored to participate and look forward to promoting the Crusade and helping children in our city.”

WBKO celebrates 11 years as Crusade partner

In addition to WBNA, for 11 straight years, WBKO-TV in Bowling Green will air live broadcasts from Campbellsville, Kentucky and Rough River State Resort Park on both Saturday and Sunday hosted by WBKO Weather Director Chris Allen.

Crusade Radio Network ready to roll

The stations of Commonwealth Broadcasting headquartered in Glasgow, Kentucky boost the Crusade’s statewide network. Thanks to Steve Newberry, Commonwealth President & CEO, listeners hear a live simulcast of the Crusade Variety Show hosted by WHAS11’s Reed Yadon from 8:00pm to 10:00pm (EDT) Saturday.

Television Network

WHAS-TV, Louisville (Flagship station)
WBNA-TV, Louisville
WBKO-TV, Bowling Green

Internet Network

WHAS11.com
WHASCrusade.org

Radio Network

WHAS, Louisville (Flagship station)
WTCO, Campbellsville
WLBN, Lebanon
WBRT, Bardstown
WIEL, Elizabethtown
WHHT, Bowling Green
WTTL, Madisonville
WPKY, Princeton

About the WHAS Crusade for Children

The WHAS Crusade for Children is America’s most successful local telethon. Since 1954 the Crusade has helped millions of children.

In 2012, the Crusade awarded grants to nearly 200 agencies, schools and hospitals that make life better for children with special needs across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Children with special needs are grateful for contributions to the Crusade.
There are many ways to make a donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children:
• Make a donation securely online at www.WHASCrusade.org
• Mail a check or charge information in an envelope to the Crusade for Children office
• Become a Crusade Angel through monthly automatic deductions
• Purchase a Crusade Walk of Fame brick for that hard-to-buy-for person
• Donate appreciated stock, life insurance policies or other non-cash property
• Consider including the Crusade through a bequest

Mailing address:
WHAS Crusade for Children
520 W. Chestnut St.
Louisville, KY 40202
Or call: (502) 582-7706
The mission of the WHAS Crusade for Children
The WHAS Crusade for Children exists to change the lives of children with special needs in Kentucky and Indiana.

The WHAS Crusade for Children, established in 1954 by WHAS-TV, raises money for agencies, schools and hospitals to make life better for children with special needs.

Since 1954, the Crusade has raised more than $148 million, giving critical assistance to millions of children in 120 Kentucky and 50 Southern Indiana counties. The money donated in Kentucky stays in Kentucky and, likewise, money donated in Indiana stays in Indiana. No money is sent to any national charity or organization. Firefighters raise more than 50 percent of the Crusade’s annual donations.

The Crusade returns 100% of each donation to agencies that directly improve the lives of children with special needs. The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Gifts are
tax-deductible as permitted by law. More is online at www.WHASCrusade.org.

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