The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) is ramping up its industry outreach this week to solicit assistance for radio and television colleagues afflicted by crisis and emergencies.
The BFOA, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, has assisted more than 1,000 radio and TV professionals with millions of dollars in financial grants during incidents like illnesses, loss of home and other acute, personal emergencies.
Most recently, the BFOA offered emergency financial grants to radio and TV workers who were affected by the large Southern California wildfires in January.
The outreach comes ahead of Giving Tuesday, a national effort to solicit donations to registered charities across the country.
“Requests for aid continue to come in every week, and we have to keep up with the demand,” Tim McCarthy, the President of the BFOA, said in a statement emailed to reporters on Monday. “We cannot turn our backs on our colleagues who have worked at their local station and are now in desperate need of our help. We ask everyone in radio and television to come together to help our colleagues.”
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