The WHAS Crusade for Children’s annual “Building the Future” year-end special will air on WHAS11 this SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10th at 6:30pm. It’s hosted by Terry Meiners from 840 WHAS and Shay McAlister of WHAS11 News.

SEE YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK:
You’ll meet some of the children with special needs your donations help. And you’ll learn about the many ways to give and how you can make a difference in the life of a child.

COUNT DOWN TO THE 70TH WHAS CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN:
We will also be revealing our design for the 70th WHAS Crusade for Children telethon which is June 3-4, 2023!
Help change a child’s life forever. 100% for the kids! #WHASCrusade

There are many ways to make a year-end donation

By phone

Call 502-582-7706, leave your name and number, someone will get back to you.

Donate by Mail

Send your donation to:
WHAS Crusade for Children
520 W. Chestnut St.
Louisville, KY 40202.
Please be sure to make note if the donation is in honor or memory of someone or if you’d like to give credit to a certain fire department.

Donate Securely Online

Give online safely and securely. There is a section where someone can honor/memorialize a loved one or credit a fire department.

Venmo

Venmo a donation to @CrusadeForChildren. You can credit your fire department in the comments section.

Cash App

Just like Venmo, use Cash App and make a secure donation to $CrusadeChildren. You can credit your fire dept. in the notes section.

Paypal

If you use PayPal, you can use it to donate to the WHAS Crusade for Children

Apple Pay

If you use Apple Pay, you can use it to donate to the WHAS Crusade for Children

Alexa

If you have an Amazon smart device, just say, “Alexa, donate to the Crusade for Children…” and Alexa will walk you through your secure donation, charging it to your card on file with Amazon.

Donate via Facebook

Go to the Crusade’s Facebook page to donate securely online. Facebook does not keep any fees for a charitable donation!

Donations are tax deductible

The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
Gifts are tax deductible as permitted by law. EIN #23-7075524.

Here’s your chance to win a new GE Appliances Kitchen: Refrigerator, Range, Dishwasher & Microwave!

PURCHASE TICKETS! Just CLICK HERE

Sponsored by GE Appliances – All proceeds benefit the WHAS Crusade for Children!

1st Prize: GE Refrigerator, Range, Dishwasher, and Microwave. Winner may choose gas or electric and provide dimension requirements. Winner may also choose color/finish pending availability. Delivery and installation are included in the contiguous U.S.

2nd Prize: GE Top Load Washer and Dryer Set. Winner may choose color and size pending availability. Delivery and installation are included in the contiguous U.S.

3rd Prize: GE Profile Opal Nugget Ice Maker. Stainless steel countertop appliance. Delivery included in the contiguous U.S.

Drawing will be held at WHAS-TV on Sunday, June 4, 2023. Contestants must be 18 to enter. Need not be present to win. Winner is responsible for all taxes related to winning and must fill out IRS Form W-9 prior to receiving appliances. WHAS Crusade for Children will remit to IRS and Kentucky Revenue Cabinet Form W-2G with prize value and winner’s name. Employees of WHAS Crusade for Children are not eligible to win. Void where prohibited.

The WHAS Crusade for Children honors fire departments each year that go above and beyond. The Walton Memorial Trophies are awarded to fire departments with the largest percentage increases in collections from year to year. Jim Walton was longtime WHAS-TV and radio personality and MC of the WHAS Crusade for Children for more than 2 decades.

The Crusade also honors a business or organization with the largest yearly percentage with the Phyllis Knight Award. Phyllis was a longtime WHAS-TV journalist, host of the WHAS Crusade for Children, and the Crusade’s first Executive Director.

Crusade MC and WHAS radio personality Terry Meiners hosted the breakfast on Tuesday, October 25 at St. Matthews Fire & Rescue Station 3. It aired live on WHAS11’s Great Day Live, hosted by Claudia Coffey, weekdays at 9:00am.

Here are the happy totals for this year’s winners:

Category – Between $1,000 and $9,999
White Mills Volunteer Fire Department
2021 total: $3,317.82
2022 total: $7,610.00
Increase 129.37% (Increase $4,292.18)

Category – Between $10,000 and $49,999
New Haven/Rolling Fork Fire Department
2021 total: $10,758.38
2022 total: $21,828.39
Increase 102.90% (Increase $11,070.01)

Category – Between $50,000 and $99,999
Lafayette Township Fire Protection District
2021 total: $88,186.51
2022 total: $109,283.34
Increase 23.92% (Increase $21,096.83)

Category – Between $100,000 and above
St. Matthews Fire & Rescue
2021 total: $92,041.58
2022 total: $103,519.52
Increase 12.47% (Increase $11,477.94)

Phyllis Knight Award – awarded to the best performing company or organization
Kentuckiana Corvette Club
2021 total: $5,606.36
2022 total: $10,4220.00
Increase 85.90% ($4,815.64)

This beautiful performance will leave you “Speechless”. The Miracle Dancers gave another must see performance during the 2022 WHAS Crusade for Children.

Just click on DONATE above to make a secure online donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children.

Bardstown hospital opens more kid-friendly emergency department

The WHAS Crusade for Children gave the hospital a nearly $22,000 grant to make the project a reality.
Author: WHAS11 Staff

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Nelson County hospital is making its emergency department more kid-friendly.

Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Kentucky opened its renovated pediatric emergency waiting area and exam room Monday.

The WHAS Crusade for Children gave the hospital a nearly $22,000 grant to make the project a reality.

“The WHAS Crusade for Children have been great partners with Flaget since 2010 and they have invested over $230,000 for items to support our youngest patients, so it’s extremely important for us to get the latest and greatest technology,” Flaget Memorial Hospital President Jennifer Nolan said.

The new exam and waiting rooms were the vision of the Cox’s Creek Elementary Backpack Leaders.

Flaget Memorial treats about 2,100 kids in their emergency department each year.

See more photos on the Crusade’s Facebook page, just click here.

See more on WHAS11.com, just click here.

Englishton Park Summer Camp is supported in part from a grant of your donations to the WHAS Crusade for Children.