This letter to the editor appeared in the June 4, 2013 edition of the Courier-Journal.
People of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, we honor 60 years with a grand total of $6,001,342! On behalf of the Crusade, we are so thankful for your generous efforts and response to the 60th Annual WHAS Crusade for Children. Once again, you have risen to the occasion to help us serve children with special needs. It is remarkable to see this community pull together every year and create a miracle.
We thank so many children, parents, churches, synagogues and schools who collected for the Crusade. We thank the businesses and organizations who made contributions. We are immensely grateful to all those firefighters, their families and friends who spent thousands of hours fundraising and collecting throughout the year. They certainly didn’t let the weather on Saturday slow them down! We thank all the schools, agencies, hospitals and treatment facilities who serve the special needs of our children in so many different ways. They are the people we are privileged to serve and support every year.
To every volunteer in our Kentuckiana area who ran, walked, collected, answered phones, counted, entertained, provided food and did something for the WHAS Crusade for Children this past year we say thank you, thank you, thank you. It is an honor for us to serve this generous community for the greater good of all our children.
DAWN LEE
President & CEO
WHAS Crusade for Children
