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Nexstar Television Station KHON2 in Honolulu Raises More Than $1.1 Million to Assist Hawaii Wildfire Relief Efforts
KLAS-TV In Las Vegas Raises an Additional $134,253 Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation Donates $20,000 to Effort IRVING, Texas & HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nKLAS-TV In Las Vegas Raises an Additional $134,253\n\n\nNexstar Media Charitable Foundation Donates $20,000 to Effort\n\n\n IRVING, Texas & HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) today announced that a fundraising effort led by its station in Honolulu, HI, KHON2 (DMA #66), has raised $1,187,712 in donations to assist victims affected by the recent wildfires that devastated Maui. The effort was capped off with an additional $134,253 in donations from a telethon hosted by Nexstar’s KLAS-TV (DMA #40) in Las Vegas, NV, and a $20,000 donation from the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation. The contributions were designated to the Hawaii Wildfires Relief Fund of the Hawaii Red Cross.\n\n\nOn Monday, August 14, KHON2 held a telethon with the Hawaii Red Cross, during Wake Up 2Day, Take2, and Living808. The telethon was called “Malama Maui” which means “Let’s Take Care of Maui,” and was streamed live on KHON2.com. The station also collected and aired celebrity messages to gain support for the Hawaii Red Cross. These included messages from Hawaii-born President Barack Obama, NFL player Marcus Mariota, musician Iam Tongi, Wheel of Fortune’s Pat Sajak, Hawaii Governor Josh Green, Nicole Scherzinger, Henry Kapono, and more.\n\n\n“The Maui fires have devastated the people of our state and our team at KHON2 wanted to do everything possible to support the victims of these fires,” said Kristina Lockwood, Vice-President and General Manager of KHON-TV. “We wanted to use our platform and our collective resources to make a difference. The Hawaii Red Cross is working 24/7 to help the people of Maui, and we are so happy to support their efforts. Recovering from a wildfire of this magnitude will take time and the full community coming together, and we want to do everything we can to help and show our personal support for Maui and the Hawaii Red Cross.”\n\n\nSince the fires began on August 8th, the Red Cross has provided more than 4,200 overnight shelter stays in 12 emergency shelters on Maui and Oahu, provided more than 28,600 meals and snacks to people in need while also successfully completing more than 550 reunification information requests.\n\n\n“We are so appreciative of Nexstar and KHON,” said Diane Peters-Nguyen, CEO of Hawaii Red Cross. “This outpouring of support in our worst ever disaster means so much. These do...