NewsJuly 10, 2011
Rush Limbaugh gives $100,000 for Joplin recovery
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh is chipping in $100,000 to help Joplin recover from the deadly May tornado. The Missouri native brought the cash along with a tractor-trailer load of bottled tea to a Fourth of July event in the city. The donation will go the Joplin Tornado First Response Fund...
The Associated Press
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh is chipping in $100,000 to help Joplin recover from the deadly May tornado.
The Missouri native brought the cash along with a tractor-trailer load of bottled tea to a Fourth of July event in the city. The donation will go the Joplin Tornado First Response Fund.
Mayor Mike Woolston said in a city news release that Limbaugh knows "the heart of Joplin is still strong."
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Limbaugh chose Joplin to visit because the city received the most votes in a website contest for examples of American pride.
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City of Joplin website: http://www.joplinmo.org
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