{"id":2465,"date":"2008-05-04T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T22:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2008-05-04T15:32:38","modified_gmt":"2008-05-04T22:32:38","slug":"kids-are-worth-267000-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=2465","title":{"rendered":"Kids Are Worth $267,000 So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Carlsbad Education Foundation&#8217;s <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsareworthamillion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kids Are Worth A Million<\/a><\/strong> telethon held yesterday at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legoland.com\/California.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Legoland<\/a><\/strong> has already raised $267,000 and the &#8220;phones haven&#8217;t even begun ringing,&#8221; thanks in part to a $120,000 donation from Legoland California.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI give Legoland full credit for making this event such a huge success,\u201d said Lisa Posard, President-Elect of the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. \u201cIn this time of financial crisis it is so important to have the support of our community. It is exciting to see everyone come together to rally around education!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kids Are Worth A Million Telethon was taped before a live audience on Legoland California\u2019s Fun Town Stage and will air Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 19.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nLEGOLAND California Donates More Than  $100,000 to<br \/>\nCarlsbad Educational Foundation<br \/>\nCelebrate Carlsbad Day Raises $267,000<\/p>\n<p>CARLSBAD, Calif. (May 3, 2008) \u2013 Phones haven\u2019t even begun ringing for the Carlsbad Educational Foundation\u2019s annual Kids are Worth a Million telethon and already the foundation has raised $267,000.  The funds raised include a $120,000 donation from LEGOLAND\u00ae California which today hosted Celebrate Carlsbad Day \u2013 a huge pep rally for education featuring more than 500 talented youngsters from 11 Carlsbad schools plus local dignitaries and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe at LEGOLAND California believe strongly in imagination, creativity and the value of education,\u201d said John Jakobsen, President and General Manager of the family theme park.  \u201cIt is exciting to see so many people from Carlsbad and our surrounding communities come out to show their support for the Carlsbad Education Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Carlsbad Day donors include the CCTV Foundation, Siemens, Barnhart Inc., Time Warner Cable, Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary, Carlsbad Firefighters Union #3730, Carlsbad Optimist Club and the 12,000 North County residents who purchased specially-priced LEGOLAND tickets for $15 with $10 from each ticket donated to the Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI give LEGOLAND full credit for making this event such a huge success,\u201d said Lisa Posard, President-Elect of the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. \u201cIn this time of financial crisis it is so important to have the support of our community. It is exciting to see everyone come together to rally around education!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally held at the Carlsbad High School Gym as a live call-in telethon, this year\u2019s Kids Are Worth A Million Telethon was taped before a live audience on LEGOLAND California\u2019s Fun Town Stage and will air Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 19.  For more information on the Carlsbad Education Foundation Kids are worth a Million Telethon, please call (760) 929-1555 or visit  www.KidsAreWorthAMillion.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carlsbad Education Foundation&#8217;s Kids Are Worth A Million telethon held yesterday at Legoland has already raised $267,000 and the &#8220;phones haven&#8217;t even begun ringing,&#8221; thanks in part to a $120,000 donation from Legoland California. \u201cI give Legoland full credit for making this event such a huge success,\u201d said Lisa Posard, President-Elect of the Carlsbad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,37,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}