Fairchild Radio and ORBIS pulled together to change lives
On Saturday, May 15, Fairchild Radio joined the ORBIS Pull for Sight 2010, raising money to eliminate preventable blindness and transform the lives of blind and visually impaired children around the world.
For the first time in Vancouver, the plane-pulling event took place at the Fedex Apron of the Vancouver International Airport, and was participated in by more than 700 people in 22 teams. Each team was made up of 20 members and it had to pull a 73-ton Boeing 727 cargo plane for 12 feet. To participate, each team had to raise a minimum of $1,000 and all proceeds were donated to ORBIS’s Kids Sight program that benefits visually impaired children throughout the developing world.
Fairchild Radio started forming a team in April, airing radio promos and calling for listeners to join its DJs and newscasters in pulling the plane. The response was amazing. More than forty people applied and a draw was conducted to determine the twenty participants. As for the funds raised, Fairchild Radio exceeded the requirement, raising $1,200 for event, helping ORBIS to reach the $35,000 benchmark.
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A member of the nationwide media conglomerate Fairchild Media Group, Fairchild Radio is a multicultural radio station with operations in Vancouver (FM96.1 & AM1470), Toronto (FM88.9 & AM1430) and Calgary (FM94.7). On top of being Canada’s number one Chinese radio station, Fairchild also provides quality radio programming in over 40 languages and acts as the hub of news, information, music and entertainment for the numerous yet affluent ethnic communities in these three cities.
Fairchild Media Group also owns Fairchild Television, Talentvision and Popular Lifestyle & Entertainment Magazine.
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For more information about Fairchild Radio, please contact Seme Ho, Promotion Director of Fairchild Radio at (604) 295-1230 or semeho@am1470.com.
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