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DONATIONS DURING THE "SHELTER FROM THE STORM: A CONCERT FOR THE GULF COAST" CAN BE MADE BY TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER OR AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE SALVATION ARMY WEBSITES

September 8, 2005

DONATIONS DURING THE "SHELTER FROM THE STORM: A CONCERT FOR THE GULF COAST" CAN BE MADE BY TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER OR AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE SALVATION ARMY WEBSITES

Donations during SHELTER FROM THE STORM: A CONCERT FOR THE GULF COAST, the live, commercial-free, one-hour primetime simulcast this Friday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:00PM, ET/CT; tape delayed PT/MT) can be made to either the American Red Cross or The Salvation Army via toll-free phone number or the Internet.

As part of an expanded daylong fundraising campaign on the networks, the phone lines will open that morning at 7:00AM/ET during the morning news broadcasts and will remain open through the late night shows and into Saturday morning, Sept. 10.

Donations can also be made immediately through the Red Cross and Salvation Army websites, which will continue to accept donations after the phone lines have closed.

Viewers can donate (after lines open at 7:00 AM/ET) to either organization via the toll-free phone number:

1-866-4AIDNOW

Or via the Internet:

www.RedCross.org

www.salvationarmyUSA.org

SHELTER FROM THE STORM: A CONCERT FOR THE GULF COAST is an entertainment special/fundraising event that will salute the brave citizens in the devastated areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and pay tribute to the rescue personnel guiding relief efforts in the region. Joel Gallen, who produced the unprecedented "America: A Tribute to Heroes" telethon in September 2001, will executive produce the special.

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Press Contacts: 

ABC             Annie Fort              818-460-6360            Annie.Fort@abc.com
CBS             Phil Gonzales           323-575-2028            Phil.Gonzales@tvc.cbs.com
FOX             Scott Grogin            310-369-4733            Scott.Grogin@fox.com
NBC             Deborah Thomas  818-840-3663            Deborah.Thomas@nbcuni.com
The WB  Brad Turell             818-977-3627            Brad.Turell@thewb.com
UPN             Paul Hewitt             310-575-7082            Paul_Hewitt@upn.com

For The Salvation Army: 

Joe Quinn                               202-210-6911            jquinn@xenophonstrategies.com
Jay Silverberg                          415-246-3945            jsilverberg@xenophonstrategies.com

For the American Red Cross: Kara Bunte 202-303-4479 buntek@usa.redcross.org

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