As you know, one of our favorite things here at 106-1 KISS-FM is helping raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. That includes our annual two-day radiothon in February and little reminders that you can donate online anytime throughout the year. It also includes letting you know that you can help St. Jude and get some exercise during the upcoming Give Hope. Run. 5K on
This Saturday, March 10th, you can join me, The Rob, and Big Boy as we support the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Annual Muscle Walk kicking off at 10am! We will be out at Central High School in Evansville to support this great organization...
Our annual St. Jude Radiothon is an event everyone at the station looks forward to each year because we know it's our chance to raise a ton of cash for an extremely worthwhile cause. The two day event takes place not only on KISS-FM, but our six Townsquare Media sister-stations in Evansville (103GBF, 99.5 WKDQ, 105.3 WJLT, and Newstalk 1280 WGBF-AM), and in Owensboro (92.5 WBKR and Newstalk 1490 W
The numbers are in and thanks to your unbelievable generosity over the course of our two day radiothon, we are able to present hefty amount of cash to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Yesterday afternoon during day one of our St. Jude Radiothon, Katie Witsoe of Evansville and her children Conner, Matthew, Anna, and Ian stopped by the studio to share their story of how St. Jude helped them through a dark time when their son/brother Sean was a patient there.
There's not a parent on the planet that wants to hear the phrase, "your child has cancer". Unfortunately for Greg and Cathe, they didn't hear it once, they heard it twice...in less than a year.
Why should you become a Partner in Hope with St. Jude? Because your donation helps St. Jude give people like Jessica Turri a chance at living a normal life.
We've all had days where we feel a bit run down for whatever reason. A long day at work, not enough sleep, stress, kids, whatever. For people suffering from Mitochondrial disease, it's a feeling they suffer through every day with consequences that can be life threatening.
For those who enjoy giving time, money, or both to good causes and are maybe a bit "out there", this Saturday's Polar Plunge for Special Olympics is the best of both worlds!