Clear Channel Helping Joplin Residents
Clear Channel's Springfield Missouri Operations Manager Paul Kelley reports that his stations are helping neighbors in nearby Joplin. Springfield is only about 60 miles from Joplin and the Clear Channel cluster in Springfield has already filled six semi-trucks with 35,000 pounds of food and supplies for the Ozarks Food Harvest to take to the Red Cross in Joplin. They have also raised $5,000 in cash donations. Within a 24 hour period they raised $20,000 to support Convoy of Hope, a disaster relief organization based in Springfield that is on the ground in Joplin. And, the stations learned of the need for Type O Negative blood donations and have been encouraging residents to participate in blood drives for the Community Blood Center for the Ozarks.
