Radiothon raises $77,741 to send kids with serious illnesses to camp

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – It was another very successful year for Beaver 100.3 FM and the Camp Rainbow Radiothon presented by Toyota of Hopkinsville.

With the help of hundreds of amazing supporters, over $77,471 was raised during this very special event. The total could not have been reached without the help of all of the Beaver’s on-air personalities, interviews with campers, music, stories about Camp Rainbow and many, many volunteers from the camp.

Camp Rainbow is totally free for children and their families and relies on donations and volunteers from the community. Campers have their own individual counselor for the whole week and are supervised by medical professionals from Premier Medical Group in Clarksville.

Camp Rainbow is part of the Dream factory, which was originally established in Hopkinsville, KY. to give seriously ill children the chance to have a special wish granted. It was then that Steve and Diane Miner brought the program to Clarksville.

The couple began granting dreams to the children, but soon realized they wanted to do more, and in 1983 they founded Camp Rainbow to give the kids more of an opportunity to grow and just to have fun. The camp helps special needs youngsters who can’t attend regular camps.

JT Daniels, Brand Manager for Beaver 100.3 FM talked about the radiothon. “We need to thank all of the folks from Camp Rainbow, the counselors, the campers, the moms and dads along with the Beaver team with Nick and Bailey and our support team here at 5 Star Media. Most importantly we have to thank all those who became Dream Makers to help us achieve our goal. The money raised will keep Camp Rainbow operating through 2016 and beyond,” said Daniels.

President/General Manager of 5 Star Media, Katie Gambill shared her excitement of the event. “I think it’s an amazing event and I’m proud of the Beaver staff, all of the other 5 Star Media staff, and Camp Rainbow volunteers who worked to put all of this together. It takes a ton of people to pull off such a success, so congratulations to everyone who worked so hard,” she said.