telethon
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She lined up an all-star list of performers for a three-hour telethon to raise money.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Springsteen performed the song as the opening number of “A Tribute To Heroes,” the national post-9/11 telethon benefiting victims and their families.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026
Barbra Streisand and I were doing a telethon once and we had a break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
One of Robertson’s innovations was to use the secular talk-show format on the network’s flagship show, the “700 Club,” which grew out of a telethon when Robertson asked 700 viewers for monthly $10 contributions.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The county executive of Baltimore County helped lead a telethon that raised money for the widow of Sergeant Prothero and his children.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Over the years, there were innumerable appearances on variety shows, talk shows, tributes and telethons, whole concerts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
It’s like the Jerry Lewis telethons of the old days, only way more interactive.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
Lewis was known as the ringmaster of the MDA telethons, which raised billions of dollars with his support since the 1960s, including more than $60 million in 2009.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2020
With a unifying, proactive tone established by the White House, there could have been national telethons to raise money for the victims.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2020
Even though I was only five, I had watched enough Easter Seals telethons to know this was bad.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
