COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The 22nd and final Walk Across Branch County for WTVB’s Ken Delaney ended up being a record breaker.
With almost $4,000 collected locally during the 17 mile walk, broadcast live on AM 1590 and FM 95.5 from Bronson to Quincy, combined with a two for one match from the Consumers Energy Foundation, almost $12,000 will be donated to Community Action of South Central Michigan for emergency heating assistance in Branch County.
This year over 20 volunteers representing the Coldwater Noon Rotary, Early Bird Exchange Club, Coldwater Township Sunrise Rotary, Tibbits Opera Foundation, Branch County Sheriff’s Department, and others joined Delaney to walk the one mile stretch from the Four Corners Park downtown to the McDonald’s restaurant in Coldwater, escorted by the Coldwater Police and Fire Departments.
Donation checks can still be mailed to the WTVB studios at 182 North Angola Road, Coldwater, MI 49036.
In addition, employees of the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities raised over $550 dollars to challenge CBPU Director Jeff Budd to walk from Coldwater to Quincy with Delaney. The CBPU matched that money for a total of over $1,100 to be donated to the Salvation Army emergency assistance fund to be used for needy Coldwater residents.
