ABC donates $200k to charities
Gerri Hunt -- Kids Today, 9/10/2008 12:21:00 AM
AT THE MARKET – Continuing with its tradition of giving, the board of the ABC Kids Expo presented a $150k grant check to charitable group, Kids in Distressed Situations, and $50k to non-profit First Candle Tuesday morning.
ABC provides support to not-for-profit organizations helping families addressing early childhood development.
| ABC Chairman Ken Goore, center, presents a $150k check to K.I.D.S. Chairman Richard Schaub and Director Renee Pepys Lowe. Goore and Lowe also serve on the K.I.D.S. board of directors. |
K.I.D.S. received the grant this year to support the needs of military families throughout the U.S. The project, called Operation Homefront, helps families on military bases with things like baby showers, Christmas, and basic necessities to care for newborns.
“I attended an Operation Homefront distribution, and there were 1,000 people in line. The military brought the families through,” said Ken Goore, ABC chairman. “Afterwards, so many families came back and hugged and kissed us and thanked us.”
But the group is receiving more than just money.
“We collect new products from retailers and vendors and distribute them to local agencies,” said Rick Schaub, K.I.D.S. chairman.
And many vendors at the ABC Kids Expo are donating products to the charity. Exposition and event service provider, GES is helping to collect the products from booths at the show.
“We’ve donated a half to one million dollars worth of products from this show, to distribute in this area of the U.S.,” said Goore.
Merlinda Gallegos, vice president of corporate philanthropy of MGM/Mirage, praised K.I.D.S.
She quoted Herman Melville, “Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.”
A powerful sentiment, she repeated it a second time.
“K.I.D.S. continues to fulfill its promise of bringing smiles to thousands of children in need,” she concluded.
On another matter, a representative of Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley’s office presented Schaub with a Congressional Recognition Award for his work with K.I.D.S.
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| ABC Chairman Ken Goore presents a $50k check to Marian Sokol, president of First Candle. |
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