WTAE Channel 4's Project Bundle-Up Raises $553,237

PITTSBURGH -- WTAE-TV Channel 4 launched its 23rd year of community service to area children and senior citizens with the WTAE Channel 4 Project Bundle-Up Telethon on Friday, Dec. 12.

Beginning at 5 a.m. and continuing throughout the day, the 23rd Annual WTAE Channel 4 Project Bundle-Up Telethon raised $553,237.

The day-long telethon was hosted by Project Bundle-Up chairman Joe DeNardo, Channel 4 Action News meteorologist Stephen Cropper and Channel 4 Action News anchors Michelle Wright and Wendy Bell.

Volunteers took viewer pledges from a phone bank throughout the day, during the live, one-hour evening broadcast, throughout prime time and wrap up during Channel 4 Action News at 11 p.m.

Call 412-243-6000 to donate during the telethon.

WTAE-TV Channel 4's Project Bundle-Up is a joint partnership with The Salvation Army of Western Pennsylvania. Since 1986, WTAE-TV Channel 4, The Salvation Army and many local merchants have joined together to provide new, warm winter outerwear to nearly 205,000 needy children and senior citizens through western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia, raising more than $9.9 million.