Update: Friday Night TV Dinner

Great news regarding the 11th annual Friday Night TV Dinner at TOUCH Restaurant back on November 8th – there’s been an updated total. Over $100,000 was raised to benefit children’s programming on Ozarks Public Television! A huge thanks to our regulars and first-time attendees for continually growing this event year after year…

$100,000 raised for children's programming on Ozarks Public Television!

** OPT reaches 50-thousand kids in Southwest Missouri each week with educational programming, through classic shows like Sesame Street, Electric Company and Curious George combined with current favorites like Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Train and more. Locally, Ozarks Public Television invests 25% of its annual budget on children’s programming ($500,000) – so events like these are crucial to off-setting that cost.

11th annual Friday Night TV Dinner

$96,000 raised for children’s programming on Ozarks Public Television. That’s fantastic news! I was honored to host “Friday Night TV Dinner” again this year at TOUCH Restaurant in Springfield, MO. Now in its 11th year, the event has raised over $1-million for Ozarks Public Television through an evening of dinner, drinks and dancing…not to mention […]

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10th annual Friday Night TV Dinner

Spent some time last night at TOUCH Restaurant in Springfield, MO hosting the 10th annual “Friday Night TV Dinner,” to benefit children’s programming on Ozarks Public Television. OPT reaches 50-thousand kids in Southwest Missouri each week with educational programming,  through classic shows like Sesame Street, Electric Company and Curious George combined with current favorites like Sid […]

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