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Exelon Generation’s ’Fishing for a Cure’ Raises $55,000 for
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Braidwood Station employees rally to support fellow coworker and his family.
MAY 15, 2018
BRACEVILLE, Ill. — Braidwood Station employees
raised $55,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities
(RMHC) on Saturday, May 12 during the site's annual
'Fishing for a Cure' tournament. The annual bass
fishing contest, Braidwood Station's signature
charitable event, has now raised $560,000 for local
charities since it began in 2002.
amounts raised in the event's 17-year history. "We have
used the Ronald McDonald House facilities many
times since Ava was diagnosed. I am humbled and
blessed to work with such generous people and for a
company that supports this type of event."
This year, employees chose RMHC to receive proceeds
in honor of Joe Shields, a Braidwood employee whose
2-year-old granddaughter, Ava, was diagnosed with
stage 4 cancer last year. Exelon pays for all the
expenses of staging the event so 100 percent of the
money raised through entry fees, employee raffles and
donations go directly to
the charity.
"I am so touched," said
Shields after learning of
the $55,000 donation,
one of the highest
"We are blown away by the results," said Ben
Morgridge, director of corporate partnerships with
RMHC's Chicago and Northwest Indiana chapter.
"This money will allow hundreds of families to stay at
our facilities as they seek medical treatment for a
child."
Article reprinted with permission of Exelon Generation.
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