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Released 25 May 2011
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Wauwatosa, WI May 25, 2011 – KSHB-TV, Kansas City’s NBC Action News
Station, has partnered with The Salvation Army to raise funds for tornado
relief efforts in Joplin, Missouri and Reading, Kansas. All this week on NBC
Action News at 5:00 and 6:00 pm, phone lines will be open. On Monday, NBC Action News viewers generously
donated $59,300 in the two hour
telethon. Viewers may contribute $10 by texting the word JOPLIN to 80888.
“The
station was pleased to partner with the Salvation Army and provide a vehicle
for our loyal viewers in the Kansas City area to
help our neighbors in Joplin and Reading. We’ll be working
together all week with The Salvation Army to raise funds and help anyway we
can,” said Mike Vrabac, vice president and general manager for KSHB/KMCI-TV.
Monetary
donations may be mailed to The Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters, 11315 W. Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226,
Attn: Joplin Tornado or call 1-800-264-6412.
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