Food-a-thon hits new record
November 21st, 2008 - 6:46am
(Port Angeles) -- The Port Angeles Lions Club Radio KONP
Food-a-thon topped 62-thousand-118 dollars yesterday.
Thanks to all our listeners on Newsradio 1450 KONP and the support of many local businesses and individuals.
The coffers were filled with hundreds of listeners donations along with a donation of more than 9-thousand dollars from the
employees and owners of Black Ball Transport and the MV Coho.
Port Angeles area elementary school students contributed to the cause by collecting 17-hundred 35 pounds of peanut butter from area residents, a value of more than 97-hundred dollars.
The money raised at the Food-a-Thon will fund more than 80 percent of the annual budget for the Port Angeles Food bank.
For the past 28 years, KONP has allowed the Lion's Club to take over the radio station for the foodathon.
The station suspends most of its regular programming, while Lion's Club member take over the microphones and man telephone stations taking pledges.
Area residents can volunteer to help the Food Bank prepare annual Thanksgiving food baskets beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles Food Bank on Valley Street.
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