Heroes Help Northeast Ohio 10/23/10

Join wkyc and a whole slew of other agencies Saturday, October 23, 2010 for the annual "Heroes Help Northeast Ohio" all day food drive.

We're taking it on the road this year. Please stop by one of the four locations to say hello, but hopefully, to make some type of a donation for those in Northeast Ohio who really need help.

All locations will be accepting non-perishable foods, coats, toys, as well as monetary donations.

This year wkyc has teamed up with the Cleveland and Akron Foodbanks, Coats for Kids, and the Salvation Army.

The drive runs from 9:00 a.m until 3:00 p.m.

wkyc on-air personalities will be accepting your kind offerings all day long as well as other well known personalities from around town, behind the scenes staffers, and so many volunteers.

Stop and say hello while helping someone who may be less fortunate than yourself.

The all day event will be live during the Channel 3 News weekend morning show as well as the Noon News.

There will be lots of surprises, fun, possibly live music and so much more, so pop over to one of the four Walmart locations: Canton Walmart on Atlantic Blvd, Aurora Walmart on Market Place Drive, Strongsville Walmart on Pearl Road, or the Steelyard Commons Walmart on Steelyard Drive.

Hope to see Saturday for a wonderful cause!

Thank you, Cleveland!

As 'Swing by and spray' reported first Thursday evening, the Cleveland Foodbank and Channel 3 Food Drive surpassed all expectations!

The Foodbank people say they believe this was the largest one-day food drive in this area!

The final tally stands at over 10,000 pounds of food collected along with $4000. Foodbank personnel estimate that figure equalling between 21,000 and 23,000 meals for those in need in Northeast Ohio.

I've said this in previous 'Hidden Gem' features but it needs repeating. Clevelanders have the biggest hearts and are most charitable, even in supposed rough economic times!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Those two words just don't seem to encapsulate the genuine feeling, but it is heartfelt.

Cleveland IS the best city in the world! I am so very proud to live here with such wonderful people!

Food Drive day!

9:25pm THIS JUST IN!!!!

You are hearing it here first, folks! The Cleveland Foodbank folks have tallied and weighed all of the food collected during today's food drive. Drum roll please: More than 10,000 pounds of food was collected and over $2500 dollars raised...which will supply over 17,000 meals to the folks of Northeast Ohio! The Foodbank says today's event exceeded all expectations. We have no one to thank but YOU, the kind, giving people of Northeast Ohio! We here at Channel 3 thank you from the bottom of our hearts! You came through once again!

5:30pm It's here! It has been a smashing success all day long from the 5:30am kickoff outside of the Channel 3 Studios!

We still have a few hours to go (at this writing) but I do want to thank all of our viewers who have stopped by to drop off canned goods or money.

I had a blast working the food drive between 2pm and 3pm. What a hoot! It was really a great time meeting some of our customers and hearing their stories! There are so many caring Clevelanders who pulled up to offer their help with this great cause. And it was fun being able to spend quality time with some of my co-workers 'away from my post.'

The weather has held up beautifully. Later in the day the chill started creeping up (chasing a few of my fellow on-air comrades who shall remain nameless back inside)!!!!

Such a festive day inside and out. It would be great if they were all like this.

And then right around 515pm, BFD blues band started wowing the audience with their rockin' style! A great addition to our afternoon craziness--jammin' while we work!!!!

Please tune into our 6pm and 7pm news shows tonight for live interviews, reports and progress reports on the Cleveland Foodbank and WKYC food drive.

Stay tuned for updates and thanks again for all of your help and support on this great cause!

WKYC needs YOUR help!

(foodbank shelves photo Courtesy WKYC)


There are two projects Channel 3 has embraced during the next few weeks, and we need YOUR help!


Channel 3 has teamed up with Giant Eagle and the Cleveland Foodbank to help feed our neighbors.


If you donate to the Cleveland Foodbank this week, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of fifty FREE one-hundred dollar gift cards.


Log onto wkyc.com and look for the attached LINK to donate and enter the drawing!


Then next week, on Thursday October 2nd, WKYC is teaming up with the Cleveland Foodbank for the "Let's Feed Northeast Ohio" food drive. It runs from 530am until 730pm right outside Channel 3 at 1333 Lakeside Avenue. We will be collecting non-perishable food items for those needy families in Northeast Ohio.


Stop by, chat with your favorite Channel 3 personality, and donate an item for someone in need.


The Cleveland Foodbank oversees and is responsible for supplying food to over 440 hunger programs spanning six counties.


The second project in the works is our 'Family Budget Challenge.'


If you need some motivation to start saving money in these tough economic times, please seriously consider joining our 'Family Budget Challenge!'


We are currently trying to find a local family who wants to see how much money they can shave off their budget in a month's time, with the help of a financial planner.


Please let us know why YOU can use the budget help.


All you have to do is log onto wkyc.com, and click on the 'Family Budget Challenge' LINK to send us an email on why you should be our family!