Radiothon Rocks

This morning the radio station, SKY 104, teamed up with the Creative Learning Center in Clayton to raise money for their scholarship program. When I was first approached about doing a radiothon I was hesitant. I was hesitant because the Creative Learning Center started as a mission of the Methodist Church and while the Methodist Church will always support the CLC, the CLC is attempting to become self sufficient.

In Rabun County, Georgia, the CLC is the only truly professionally run preschool/day care available. And there is a serious lack of quality day care in the community. So I decided to go ahead and help the facility.

After agreeing to do a radiothon, I was expecting to raise between eight and 10-thousand dollars, thinking that was a good amount. After the first hour we were over $10,000 and by the end of the day with cash on hand and pledges we were over $50,000. That's amazing. $50,000 giving to a preschool for scholarships in a town of only 17,000 people.

In my three radiothons I have anchored in Rabun County, the total money raised is over $95,000. We did more than $8,000 for tsunami relief, more than $36,000 for Katrina relief and over $50,000 for the Creative Learning Center.

Amazing for such a small community.

AJ