The MY HEART MY HOME MARATHON is a 12-hour marathon featuring 36 area non-profit groups. The marathon will air on several cable and local networks.
The marathon will air on the area cable providers Friday, November 13, 2009 beginning at 8:00 a.m. (Check the below list for all cable schedules.)
Throughout the marathon, each non-profit selected will be given a chance, at no cost to them, to tell viewers about their group's cause and what they are doing and will be doing with your donation.
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The idea for a "group marathon" came about when Randall Feldman, WYES President & General Manager, spoke with other local
non-profits following a WYES membership drive last spring. Like WYES, other area
non-profits had seen a decline in donations. WYES approached regional cable companies
to see if they would carry a fundraising marathon for local charities. There was immediate enthusiasm for the idea. The Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation (LDRF) came on board to receive and distribute donations and to help pay for the production. The Greater New Orleans Foundation made its own contribution to complete production funding. And finally commercial television stations added their own broadcasts to the effort.
Randall Feldman said, “This has been a broad effort among concerned media organizations and foundations to come together to assist charities who do so much for our region. This not only raises funds for them, but perhaps more importantly, it demonstrates the challenges faced by our non-profit organizations during this time of a strong economic recession. Working together, we
can make a difference.”
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All donations will be handled by the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation. Here is how your donation will be divided up:
Donations will be made as ‘collective giving’, i.e., donations will be made to the marathon
in general and then will distributed as such: 50% will be equally distributed to all non-profits; the other 50% will be divided proportionately to the size of the operating budgets of the non-profits.
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To make a donation during the marathon, viewers can call:
Local phone
(504) 889-6464
Toll free phone
1 (877) 292-1814
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Donations can also be made through the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation's website.
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You can also mail your donation to:
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
4354 South Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Make checks payable to:
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
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Cable companies participating
in airing the marathon are:
Cox Communications: Orleans, Jefferson,
St. Bernard, St. Charles
(November 13, 8am-8pm)
Charter Communications: St. Tammany, Terrebonne, LaFourche Parishes
(November 13, Noon-midnight)
Comcast Communications: LaPlace and Edgard (November 13, Noon-midnight)
CMA Communications: Plaquemines Parish
(November 13, Noon-midnight)
Allen’s TV Cable Service, Morgan City, LA (November 13, 8am-8pm)
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Commercial broadcast stations
participating in airing the marathon are:
WWL-TV, WGNO-TV, WVUE-TV, and WDSU-TV
WUPL Ch 54:
11/13 3-4am
11/14 3-4am
11/15 4-5am
11/16 4-5am
11/17 4-5am
11/18 4-5am
11/19 3-4am
11/20 3-4am
11/26 3-4am
11/27 3-4am
WDSU Ch 6:
November 15 12-1p
WGNO Ch 26:
Sat 11/28/09 1-2am
WNOL Ch 38:
Sat 11/28 3-4am & 4-5am
WVUE Digital Channel 8.2:
Nov 14 and Nov 15, noon to 6:00pm
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Multiple hosts will conduct the interviews; hosts are local television, radio personalities and business and civic leaders:
Hours 1 & 2
Steve Sawyer
Brad Grundmeyer
Hours 3 & 4
Helena Moreno
James Hartman
Hours 5 & 6
Anthony Patton
Garey Forster
Hours 7 & 8
Mark Romig
Jere Hales
Hours 9 & 10
Ron Swoboda
James Hartman
Marcia Kavanaugh
Hours 11 & 12
Madelaine Feldman
Jeremy Davenport
Mike Strecker
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The below non-profit organizations
have been selected for the
MY HEART
MY HOME MARATHON.
LOUISIANA DISASTER RECOVERY FOUNDATION selections:
United Saints Recovery Project
Coghill Elementary School
Ninth Ward Empowerment Network Association
The Urban League of Greater New Orleans
Greater Treme Consortium
Operation REACH
Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation
Restore Wesley United
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School
Hoffman Triangle Neighborhood Association/Taylor Park
Children’s Defense Fund
Neighborhood Development Foundation
Neighborhood Housing Services
Equity and Inclusion Campaign
Puentes New Orleans
The Jeremiah Group
PICO-Louisiana
Equal Voices
Churches Supporting Churches
Central City Renaissance Alliance
Unity of Greater New Orleans
Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association
Citizen Participation Project
Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools
COX COMMUNICATIONS selections:
Volunteers of America
Louisiana Cares
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
Jefferson Dollars for Scholars
Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Louisiana
Each One Save One
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS selections:
Crossroads
Pediatric Foundation of the Northshore
CMA COMMUNICATIONS,
PLAQUEMINES PARISH has selected:
Woodlands Trail and Park
ALLEN’S TV CABLE SERVICE,
MORGAN CITY, LA has selected:
The Southeast Louisiana
Council Boy Scouts of America
COMCAST has selected:
St. John Ministry of Care
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