First Lady Leading New Initiative to Build Emergency Shelter for Guam’s Foster Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2012
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3jXL9-v5Z4
At any given time, Guam can have more than 200 children under Child Protective Services. With less than 30 licensed foster families, there remains a great need for emergency shelter facilities to care for local foster children.
Today, First Lady Christine M.S. Calvo and the RigÃ¥lu Foundation are launching a new effort to build “The RigÃ¥lu House,” an emergency shelter to house Guam’s foster children. The first fundraising event for this initiative, the “12·12·12 Gift of Love Telethon,” already is drawing major support from local non-profit organizations, businesses and caring Guamanians who want to help.
The telethon will be broadcast live from the Cars Plus Showroom in Maite on KGTF Channel 12 from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. on December 12, 2012. Raffle tickets for prizes including a brand new car and a getaway for two to Manila are currently on sale and can be purchased through the Rigålu Foundation.
For more information about the “12·12·12 Gift of Love Telethon” or The RigÃ¥lu House, email rigaluguam@gmail.com.
View the “12·12·12 Gift of Love Telethon” commercial on the RigÃ¥lu Foundation’s YouTube Channel by clicking on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3jXL9-v5Z4
Like the Rigålu Foundation on facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/RigaluFoundationGuam?fref=ts
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