Fisher House Foundation Awards Clear Channel With One Of Its Highest Honors, The Patriot Award
Fisher House Foundation Awards Clear Channel With One Of Its Highest Honors, The Patriot Award
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Washington, D.C.听 鈥 September 14, 2011 鈥 Fisher House Foundation, which constructs comfort homes to provide free, temporary housing to the families of service members needing medical care, recently presented its Patriot Award to Clear Channel Radio, in recognition of its ongoing support of the Fisher House mission.
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Clear Channel, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any radio or television outlet, has collectively raised nearly $1 million for Fisher House over the past two years, the centerpiece of which is its company-wide Veterans Day initiative, a day-long awareness and fundraising effort.听 Clear Channel has also aired public service announcements, interviews, on-site broadcasts from Fisher Houses and website content, with media exposure valued at more than $5 million.
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鈥淎ll of us at Clear Channel are proud of our commitment to the Fisher House and the many military families they serve.听 Though we are a network of 850 radio stations across the United States, we pride ourselves on our local involvement,鈥 said Clay Hunnicutt, Senior Vice President, Programming, Clear Channel Radio, who accepted the award.听 鈥淚t is important to us that we're strong community partners in each of the 150 markets where our stations are located.听 Our partnership with the Fisher House allows Clear Channel to make a difference in the lives of veteran families who live, work and play in our station鈥檚 neighborhoods.鈥
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The Patriot Award was established in 2002 as a means to recognize individuals and organizations that have been exceptionally supportive of our military families.
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鈥淢y uncle Zachary was honored with many titles during the course of his lifetime, but none were more important to him than that of 鈥楶atriot,鈥欌 said Ken Fisher, Chairman and CEO of Fisher House Foundation. 鈥淲e鈥檙e grateful to Clear Channel for the work they鈥檝e done on behalf of our military families.鈥