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Imus the Humanitarian
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NEW YORK - Don Imus raised nearly $1 million in the first five hours of his annual radio charity fundraiser Thursday, but it was only by voice ? MSNBC pulled the plug on his talk show?s television simulcast amid the uproar over his racial slur.
?This may be our last Radiothon, so we need to raise about $100 million,? Imus said at the start of the event, which has raised more than $40 million since 1990.
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Tomorrows Children's Fund
Nothing can prepare you for the anguish of learning your child has a life-threatening illness. Time screeches to a halt. The world turns upside down. And an overwhelming sense of urgency and fear smothers your dreams for the future as you struggle to help your child find the courage to cope.
It?s a waking nightmare.
And it?s precisely what sixteen special parents experienced when their sons and daughters were diagnosed with cancer and serious blood disorders over twenty years ago.
Faced with the harsh reality of these terrible diseases and the desire to relieve their children?s suffering, these remarkable people turned to one another for support. These parents were desperate for simple comforts for their children and themselves at the treatment center. Starting with small changes?books, toys and games to help alleviate the strain of treatment for little ones; coffee, comfortable seating and the solace of others to help reduce the stress for parents?they searched for ways to make each day a little brighter for the children and those who loved them. As their efforts grew, so did their strength. And in time, these parents, once strangers, became friends. Their helplessness, once overpowering, became hope. And their dream, once modest, became the Tomorrows Children?s Fund, a privately funded, non-profit organization dedicated to easing the pain and speeding the healing of children with cancer and serious blood disorders.
From the beginning, the accomplishments of the Tomorrows Children?s Fund exceeded even its biggest believers? expectations. And with these initial successes came an even more ambitious vision: to create a luminous and loving place where desperately ill children and their families could find hope, healing and happiness in the midst of their crisis.
That dream was realized with the opening of the DON IMUS ? WFAN Pediatric Center for Tomorrows Children at Hackensack University Medical Center in 1994. This four story, leading-edge facility is home to the Tomorrows Children?s Institute, New Jersey?s premier center for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer and blood disorders. Today, it?s where children from all walks of life come for compassionate, world-class medical care from an expert and comforting staff. Where little ones undergoing treatment often linger to finish an art project or learn another magic trick. Where teenagers pound pinball machines, enjoy music and master video games as hours formerly dreaded now move by quickly. Where parents share their hopes, fears and concerns with others who understand their pain.
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04-12-2007, 07:29 PM
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04-12-2007, 07:53 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS fired Don Imus from his radio program Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.
Imus initially was given a two-week suspension for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" on the air last week, but outrage continued to grow and advertisers bolted from his CBS radio show and its MSNBC simulcast.
"There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society," CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision."
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04-12-2007, 08:13 PM
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imus is a good guy with things like this. He has his ranch in Texas for kids with blood disorders and raises money to try and find what causes SIDS.
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04-12-2007, 09:58 PM
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imus is a good guy with things like this. He has his ranch in Texas for kids with blood disorders and raises money to try and find what causes SIDS.
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The Imus ranch is actually in New Mexico.
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Imus should have been fired years ago, and not for being racist or sexist, but for having a [censored]ing 1 share in New York and being in 18th place - and also for mumbling so badly that you couldn't understand him.
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