Press Release
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4-H Clubs Collecting Donations for Ronald McDonald House
(Insert your town – all caps), Okla. — (insert county) County 4-H members are joining youth across Oklahoma to raise money for the 2006 Oklahoma Kids Helping Kids campaign.
Local 4-H members are requesting donations of $1 or more to support the Ronald McDonald House in Oklahoma City and Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development. For each $1 donation, donors receive a coupon redeemable at participating McDonald’s restaurants.
Through this community service project, Oklahoma 4-H members have raised more than $673,000 in the 19-year history of the campaign. The statewide goal for this year’s campaign is $40,000.
(Insert county) County 4-H members plan do their part in reaching this goal by (list planned activities, ex: collecting donations on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Wal-Mart on Main Street and asking local businesses for contributions.)
Beginning on Jan. 1, and for approximately 6 weeks, 4-H members will be pounding the pavement in their neighborhoods, at local businesses and around shopping centers to garner support for the charity.
Funds raised will finance a portion of the current house improvements and offset daily operation costs for the Oklahoma City Ronald McDonald House, which serves as a “home away for home” for families with children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. The Oklahoma City House has helped over 13,000 families from across the state since its doors opened in 1984.
"Every county in Oklahoma has had families stay at Ronald McDonald House. So this program benefits all of us."
- Jim Rutledge, Executive Director, Oklahoma 4-H Foundation
For more information about this campaign, contact the (insert county) County Extension Office at (insert phone number) or visit the Oklahoma 4-H website at www.clover.okstate.edu.
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Oklahoma State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, State and Local Government Cooperating. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, or status as a veteran, and is an equal opportunity employer.
