The 71st WHAS Crusade for Children concluded on Sunday, June 1, 2024 with a final tote board of $5,700,525.71. Since 1954, the WHAS Crusade for Children has raised more than $216 million. One hundred percent of those donations have been returned to the community in the form of grants to schools, hospitals and agencies that make life better for children with special needs. At the heart of this effort are the thousands of people who come together each year to make the Crusade a success. From individual donors who drop pocket change into boots at firefighter collection sites to children with lemonade stands to corporations that offer payroll deduction, it all comes together during this annual miracle on the first
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Star Wars fans spend $2 billion on tickets, $8 billion more on popcorn
Star Wars - The Force Awakens is a massive hit. Nerds are orgasmic, a condition rarely associated with sci-fi fans. So many Star Wars nerds attacked me online for posting this meme 4 days after the film's debut, and the morning after Steve Harvey's flawed declaration of who would be Miss Universe. Dude, you can't keep movie secrets in check after a bazillion ticket buyers made Star Wars the largest film opening in history. It's out there. He's dead. And I didn't even post who killed him or why. -----------------Stephen Colbert toyed with the Star Wars nerds with murky spoilers. And one more...in the 1999 movie The Sixth Sense, that kid is actually dead the entire time.