Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 10/2/2014
CBS Radio’s WIP-FM Philadelphia’s 2014 Eagles Radiothon raised a record $290,000 ($100,000 more than 2013). Proceeds benefit Eagles Youth Partnership, which provides education and health programs to 50,000 low-income children each year. "The kindness and generosity of WIP listeners and Eagles fans never fails to astonish me. Radiothon is a source of pride among everybody at WIP," said WIP-FM’s Marc Rayfield.
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