Helping those who help others

Saturday, 16 December 2006

Cedar Point Press Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Cedar Point amusement park/resort will donate more than $7,500 from its 2006 Loose Change Fund to the Victory Temple Soup Kitchen in Sandusky.

During the season, Cedar Point employees collect and turn in any loose change found underneath rides, on the midway or in the park’s fountain to the Loose Change Fund. Since 1988, Cedar Point has donated more than $170,000 from the Loose Change Fund to local organizations. Last year, Cedar Point donated more than $5,300 to the Victory Temple Soup Kitchen.

“The Victory Temple Soup Kitchen is a great organization that helps local citizens who need it most,” said John Hildebrandt, vice president and general manager at Cedar Point. “Our employees take pride in knowing that the money they collect goes to such a worthwhile organization.”

Cedar Point will also make a donation of more than $1,100 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. During the season, aluminum cans were collected from recycling bins placed in employee break areas. Since 1989, Cedar Point has raised more than $27,000 from the recycling program.