Cumulus Wilmington Begins Annual Christmas For Our Troops

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, September 30, 2019

Christmas For Our Troops

Cumulus Media's Wilmington, NC, radio station group will launch its annual "Christmas For Our Troops" fundraiser and series of donation drives benefiting the troops on October 11, collecting items donated by the community for deployed servicemen and women and raising funds to ship the packages overseas in time for Christmas. The local cluster, in partnership with "Step Up For Soldiers," will collect items including writing utensils, games, snacks, bottled drinks, and other items on the attached suggested donation list that are easy to use, easy to wash and easy to store and will mail them overseas to troops deployed over the holidays.

VP/Market Manager Eric McCart said, "In addition to collecting items, an important need we have is to collect money for our Christmas For Our Troops "Postage Fund". It costs $14.35 to send each flat rate box overseas. So, the more monetary donations we receive, the more Christmas packages we can send to our troops. We will be accepting both 'Postage Fund' and suggested item donations while we're on location at our collection sites. Postage Fund donations can also be made online through the Step Up For Soldiers website at www.stepupforsoldiers.org."

The donation drives will be held on various dates and times beginning October 11 through November 12. A complete listing of Christmas For Our Troops Donation drive locations and times along with a list of suggested donation items are available on its radio station websites.