Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 1/10/2014
Hearst’s CBS affiliate WLKY-TV Louisville hosted its 27th annual Wednesday’s Child Adopt-athon to help provide supportive services to children awaiting adoption in Kentucky and further recruitment efforts for adoptive families. The event raised nearly $64,000 and generated 40 calls from prospective adoptive parents. Since 1980, WLKY-TV has helped find permanent homes for more than 4,000 special needs children.
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