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<\/a><\/p>\nThe WHAS Crusade for Children Endowment<\/h2>\n\n- 100% of each donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children helps children with special needs<\/li>\n
- The Crusade Endowment Campaign fully funds our future.<\/li>\n
- Beyond your annual contribution, we need your Crusade Endowment donation now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Change a child’s life forever<\/em><\/strong>, support the WHAS Crusade Endowment.<\/p>\nTo make an Endowment donation securely online, click here<\/a> and enter ENDOWMENT FUND in the comments box.<\/p>\nHow the Crusade works<\/h2>\n
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.<\/p>\n
$133 million raised for special needs children<\/strong>
\nIn its first 56 years, the Crusade has raised more than $133 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<\/p>\nAn independent board decides<\/strong>
\nAn independent board of interdenominational ministers known as the Crusade Advisory Panel decides how donations are distributed each year.<\/p>\nAgencies apply for grants<\/strong>
\nRepresentatives 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.<\/p>\nSince agency grant requests far exceed donations to the Crusade each year, the panel has difficult decisions to make.<\/p>\n
Change a child’s life forever<\/em><\/strong>, support the WHAS Crusade Endowment.<\/p>\n To make an Endowment donation securely online, click here<\/a> and enter ENDOWMENT FUND in the comments box.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n $133 million raised for special needs children<\/strong> An independent board decides<\/strong> Agencies apply for grants<\/strong> Since agency grant requests far exceed donations to the Crusade each year, the panel has difficult decisions to make.<\/p>\nHow the Crusade works<\/h2>\n
\nIn its first 56 years, the Crusade has raised more than $133 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<\/p>\n
\nAn independent board of interdenominational ministers known as the Crusade Advisory Panel decides how donations are distributed each year.<\/p>\n
\nRepresentatives 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.<\/p>\n