CALGARY – Corus-owned Calgary radio station Country 105 (CKRY-FM) helped to raise over $6 million for the Alberta Children’s Hospital during the 16th annual Caring For Kids Radiothon held February 6-8.
Minutes before wrapping up the live broadcast event, on-air personalities from the station announced that Radiothon supporters had phoned, clicked online and walked into the hospital with more than $2.2 million in gifts. That generosity was then tripled when the Crist Family Foundation and an anonymous donor through the Calgary Foundation each matched every dollar, revealing a record-breaking total of more than $6.6 million.
“The opportunity to have every donation doubled, and then tripled was incredibly exciting!” said Country 105 program director Phil Kallsen, in the news release. “The energy it created not only propelled the giving spirit of this community, it raised an astounding amount of much-needed funds for the Alberta Children’s Hospital – a place very special to all of us at Country 105 and our listeners.”
