Monday 08 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Interamerican
Norte To Be Four Lanes
Annual Teletón Beats
Goal
Only 134.000
Marchamos Paid So Far
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Annual Teletón Beats
Goal
This year's "Teletón",
the annual fund raiser
for the Hospital
Nacional de Niños
(Children's Hospital)
raised more than
us$870.000 dollars,
breaking the us$850.000
goal set.
The telethon began on
Friday and ended Sunday
morning.
The final donation count
was not completed at
press time, but telethon
officials say more than
¢¢477.565.387 colones had
been raised.
The even took place in
the Palacio de Deportes
and included
performances by Costa
Rica's own,
Maria José Castillo, who
was runner up in the
Latin American Idol and
international artists
like
Spain's Chenoa, "El
Puma" (José Luis
Rodríguez) from
Venezuela and Mexico's
Nikki Clan. Also on
stage was Colombia's Ali
Castro.
The Asociación de Guias
y Scouts (Girl and Boy
Scouts) were the last to
make a donation to the
telethon, with their ¢104
million colones raised
during the year.
The money raised is
earmarked for equipment
for the hospital's burn
unit.
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