Children’s Cancer Association Raises $742,000 With TV Fund Drive

Fox 12 Meteorologists, Mark Nelsen and Liana Brackett, got the phones ringing with a friendly hula hoop competition.

Portland, February 11th, 2016. Love was in the air as the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA) celebrated “Valentine’s Day for CCA.” Broadcasting live on 105.1. Fox 12 Meteorologists, Mark Nelsen and Liana Brackett, got the phones ringing with a friendly hula hoop competition. The Buzz and FOX 12, helped with the two-day on-air fundraiser and raised a record-breaking $742,000 to fuel CCA’s innovative programs for children and teens facing cancer and other serious illnesses. VDay for CCA, now in its 11^th year, finds corporate, foundation, and hospital partners joining dedicated volunteers and staff to answer phones in the FOX 12 studio. Listeners and viewers throughout Oregon and SW Washington responded generously, helping raise critical funds for CCA’s free-of-charge programs that create transformative moments of joy for seriously ill children and their families.

In honor of their son, Danny, a CCA Hero who died in 2011, the Keagbine Family took calls on the phone bank. Also pictured: FOX 12’s Tony Martinez, Kimberly Maus, Shauna Parsons, and Andy Carson

105.1’s Daria, Mitch and Ted moved their show over to the FOX 12 studios for the special two-day broadcast

FOX 12’s News Director, Corey Hanson, and CCA’s VP of Development, Jenny O’Bryan join in on the Valentine’s fun.

Adorable eight-year-old Xavier Jackson picked the winning raffle ticket in CCA’s “Win the Keys to Our Heart” car raffle. One lucky winner got to choose from one of eight cars donated by Dick Hannah.

From CCA:

At CCA we believe all kids deserve long, wonderful lives. Or at the very least, short, wonderful lives. That’s why our programs leverage music, friendship, play, and resources to create transformative moments of joy for families facing cancer and other serious illnesses.

Elisa Klein

I’ve been a professional journalist and writer since 1987, (and long-time reporter for KOIN-TV.) As a nationally published reporter, with a Master’s Degree in Journalism, I love to report positive news and information. Journalism has also connected me with another non-profit where I served as a leader; the Northwest’s biggest writer’s organization: The Willamette Writers.