Cedar Point to donate more than $8,700 to area organizations

Saturday, 20 December 2003

Cedar Point Press Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec. 19, 2003 - Cedar Point amusement park/resort will donate $7,000, collected through its coin collection programs, to area organizations that provide services to children. During the operating season, the park's employees collect and turn in any loose change found underneath rides, along the midway and in the park's water fountain, all of which is then counted and donated to local organizations that benefit children.

The money will be donated to the Erie County Special Olympics, Erie County Victim Assistance Program, Court Appointed Special Advocate program (CASA), Child Assault Prevention Project (CAP), Back to the Wild wildlife rehabilitation and nature education center, the Children's Bereavement Program of Stein Hospice, KinShip, PALS (Playing-Accepting-Learning-Socializing) and the Soft T-Ball for Special Needs League.

"The park's employees take pride in knowing that the money they find and turn in goes to help such worthwhile organizations," state Daniel Keller, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point.

Cedar Point will also make a donation 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 were collected from recycling bins placed in employee break areas, throughout the park and in the Cedar Point marina. The total value of those cans collected totaled $1,740.

Since 1988, the coin collection program at Cedar Point has donated more than $144,000 to area children's organizations.