The Special Envoy for Women and Children once again teamed up with Care Belize On Saturday to host the second nationwide telethon to raise funds to complete and equip the Inspiration Center.
Telephone lines were buzzing off the hooks all day long as Belizeans made pledges to support the initiative. Also donation booths were place in strategic locations countrywide in hopes of reaching their main goal which was five hundred thousand dollars.
By six o'clock on Saturday evening when the phone lines were coming to a close they were still about 90 thousand dollars short of reaching the 500 thousand dollar goal.
But one lucky millionaire came out to the event with his checkbook in hand and generously wrote a cheque for ninety two thousand dollars. Here's how that last minute contribution went.
Kim Simplis Barrow - Special Envoy for Women/Children
"It started out a little slow and so by midday we had raised like a $100,000 but throughout the afternoon it started picking up more and more and of course the excitement came all the way to the end when we were down about a $100,000 when Mr. Jack Charles came and made that surprise donation so that really helped us to reach the goal of the $500,000. Those moments are always moments that touch you the most because those are children that are doing things for other children who can do absolutely nothing for them. Those are the moments when we really get emotional because they come and bags with one cents and five cents that they've been saving. They come with their bottles, it's not even the proper piggy banks so it's in whatever it is that they can put there monies in to bring it in. We're very grateful and thankful, it just goes to show that we have really good people in Belize and just the thought that they are helping people who can do absolutely nothing for them in return, speaks volume. We raised up to now, at the close of Saturday we had registered $514,000 - we are still getting pledges coming and people are still bringing in their money; we haven't received all the money as yet but those are the pledges. We're encouraging people to bring in their pledges and those made that commitment to please stick to it. The money is going to ensuring that the building gets the proper equipment for these children."
Total amount of money raised at Saturday's Inspiration Telethon was five hundred and fourteen thousand dollars.
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