Cedar Point Donates More Than $8,000 to Local Organizations
Sandusky, Ohio Amusement Park Gives Back Loose Change and More
Since 1988, Cedar Point has collected and donated more than $177,000 from the Loose Change Fund to local organizations.
Each evening after the park closes, employees gather all the lost miscellaneous items, including money, that lies beneath the roller coaster rides throughout the entire park. The money is then put in their Loose Change Fund. This money is donated to those in need during the holiday season. This year, 2007, Cedar Point Amusement Park has donated more than $8,000 to local organizations.
One recipient of the Loose Change Fund is the Victory Temple Soup Kitchen in Sandusky, Ohio. They will be receiving $6,800. Cedar Point Amusement Park also donated two truckloads of kitchen hardware and food to the Victory Temple Soup Kitchen, totaling more than one ton of food and supplies.
During the season, aluminum cans were collected from recycling bins placed in employee break areas. Since 1989, Cedar Point Amusement Park has donated more than $28,000 from the recycling program. Cedar Point Amusement Park will also make a donation of more than $1,400 to the Northwest Ohio Aluminum Cans for Burned Children Fund of the Burn Care and Reconstructive Center at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
Aluminum Cans for Burned Children is a special recycling program conducted by northwest Ohio firefighters and area businesses. Money earned from recycling aluminum beverage cans helps purchase non-medical items and services not covered by insurance that are essential to each patient's recovery. The fund is also used to provide burn prevention education programs for children throughout northwest Ohio and helps send recovering burn survivors to a regional summer camp designed especially for burned children between the ages of 6-18.
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9 Comments
Post a CommentI had no idea they did this, really appreciate the info!
awesome thanks!
That is great to hear that Cedar Point is helping others.
What a great story. It needed to be told. Thank you
That's cool!
What a heartwarming and uplifting article! I have a great deal of respect for Cedar Point Amusement Park for their helping hearts and hands. Thank you for reminding us that there truly are caring people out there.
Thats great! We try to go to Cedar Point at least once a year.
What a wonderful story!
I love Cedar Point, and now I love them even more! What a great idea and heartfelt cause. Maybe next time I'm there I'll just drop some change on purpose. :-) And I always wondered why they collect those Pepsi cans with the cupons on the back. Awesome!