It is a big year for the
WHS crusade for children.
This is their 70th anniversary year and
they are gearing up in a very big way.
Joining me now to talk a little bit more
about all the ways that you can give back.
He might even give us a sneak peek
of every everything that's planned.
This year is John Bloom with the crusade.
John, thank you so much.
Like I said, you're the first person
in the building, so you get on the
show. I like that.
I'll come earlier next time,
but it is so great to be with you.
But you 70 years Can you believe.
It's hard to believe 1954 till today.
Crusades raised 205.
$1,000,000 and 100% of that money
has gone back out in the community
in the form of grants to agencies,
schools and hospitals for
special needs children
right here. I know you all are
excited about the 70th and it's like,
how do we do things in an even bigger way?
The logo is beautiful by
the way, and I love the
meaning behind it.
Yes, Lonnie Walker, many people know him.
He's a local graphic artist,
does fantastic work, and this year again,
he made us a special logo for
the 70th anniversary and we're
going with the theme WHAS we have.
All shared. It's beautiful and
that's a throwback from the 60s.
They used to drop a sign in this very
studio from the ceiling at the end of
the crusade and it would say that on it.
So we're going to go with that and
you can see it's carrying hands.
It's the crusade logo.
It's 70 years and it's fantastic.
I love with the 70th,
you really kind of you know,
the old meets the new right?
The memories I think that we all have
and your your as you're planning this,
this is what the first weekend in June,
June 3rd and 4th, 2023 come
be here before you know it. And so can
you announce where it's going to be.
You know, first of all I want
to say we you talk about legacy.
We have third and 4th generations
of families who volunteered
for the crusade and this year.
We're going to be back to normal.
We're not going to be at the Kentucky Center.
Bombardier.
We're gonna be at Paris town point.
Great space on Saturday night,
June 3rd Variety show.
We've got some big acts coming.
I can't spill those now. OK, OK.
Well, next Sunday we're back
in this studio right here.
Yes.
Can you believe that in the studio at
8:00 AM on Sunday morning and until
7:00 o'clock Sunday night when we
announced the big total in June 4th,
you mentioned like all the families that do
this year after year after year after year,
there's something so special about.
The fire trucks rolling up around the
corner and you hear them and everybody
gets excited and to see the money like
pouring into the the boxes and to
pile into the studio, it is just such.
It's I get chills thinking about it
because it's such a special it's
a special apartment since 1956 have
raised 60% of all Crusade funds.
They work so hard for fantastic.
Really do big news also. Yes.
Show you that other camera card
I brought out just for you.
This is the 70th anniversary. Yes, it is.
And this is the 70th anniversary
of Appliance Park in Louisville.
Did you know that? I did not know that.
Well, we came together.
We're going to give away a bunch of
appliances and you can buy the tickets.
There's only going to be 1000.
Tickets sold, $70 apiece.
You get a fridge, stove, microwave,
dishwasher, $70. Here's the thing.
Buy them at whscrusade.org.
GE Appliances has said they will deliver
them anywhere in the United States.
Really. Really. Tell your family.
Tell your friends. Go online.
Buy a ticket.
We're only selling $1070 apiece.
Deliver the appliances to
your home the way you want
it. Love it.
And I love the way you're keeping it.
I mean, the pool is low at 1000.
You have a great chance.
You wanna redo your home,
right? What a time.
Everybody's watching their money.
This is a great way to kind
of 1 in 1000. Chance.
Or if you buy more tickets,
maybe, I know five in 1000.
Do it, do it right.
So it's fantastic. And
I love this. You know,
Heather was on our show in December
talking a little bit about this.
I love the creative raffles and the
different ways that you're doing.
I mean, you all have like,
elevated the whole way of
how you can give back.
It's easy to do.
There's QR codes.
But it's like every time
you go to your website,
there are special events and
fun things that you're that you
have to kind of engage people.
You have the cool calendar too.
Get your hands on
12324 calendar, right. Kyle Shepard,
one of our longtime volunteers,
she made that out of the goodness
of her heart. It's fantastic.
It goes from June of this
year till the end of 24,
and here's how you can get it.
Right there online at whhscrusade.org.
There are so many things there
are so many ways to give.
And you don't have to wait till June 3rd,
right? You can give anytime,
24/7 at that website,
PayPal, Instagram,
you know all the things you can do
again. You all have revolutionized
the way cash, app, Apple
Pay, Apple Pay too and yell right now.
Tell Alexa, donate to the
Crusade for children.
It'll kick on everybody's Alexa device.
Plantscapes so she's doing a
fundraiser that that's always like,
my favorite she's doing a fundraiser in April
to raise money from her sales to crusade.
But I love the joy that everybody thinks
from the lemonade stands to the Boy Scouts.
I feel like like now is your time
because it's such a big year to think.
What can our our group,
what can our neighborhood,
what can our kids do?
And I know that always just makes
you all so happy to hear the stories
about great aren't they the best?
Set them up in their neighborhood.
And they were the little bib
and they were have the stickers
out and it's just it's great.
Thank you so much for coming. Pleasure.
So when you can tell us top secrets
about entertainers please come back.
We'll do it. I want to know all of it.
All of it first. All right.
So For more information or to enter
that raffle find out about all
their upcoming events and all the
ways you can easily give just go to
whscrusade.org.