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Making miracles a reality

Wal-Mart manager is stuck on roof until $5K is raised for Children's Miracle Network
By Dale Liesch
Published: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:05 AM CDT
Alexander City Wal-Mart Store Manager Joseph Manly is stuck on the roof of his store and he needs help, in the form of donations, to get down.

Manly was raised to the roof by an Alexander City Fire Department bucket truck in front of a group of employees and other managers Thursday morning.

Manly is on the roof in order to support Children’s Miracle Network, a charity Wal-Mart has supported for 20 years. Manly will be on the roof until the store raises $5,000 for the charity.

“I have faith that we’ll raise the money quickly,” Manly said. “There are people out there that know how great CMN is and they’ll come through for me.”

100 percent of the proceeds from donations go to support the charity and there are many different ways for individuals to get involved. There will be a car wash, Saturday with prices ranging from $5 per car to $7 for trucks. There will also be a hotdog cart where the food sold will support the charity and help get Manly off the roof. Customers can purchase miracle maker bracelets inside the store and sign their names on balloons that will hang up in the store for $1 each.

Manly said the idea to hit the roof came to him from an old store manager he had who first attempted the feat in order to raise money for CMN.

“It is one of the things we do to bring the community together,” Manly said. “Its not about Wal-Mart except that I’ll be on the roof. Its all about the charity.”

Dana Little the store’s CMN representative said the money donated will go to help children’s hospitals in the area and would go to help children in need.

“If a child has an illness and the parents have trouble paying hospital bills it helps,” Little said. “That way the parents can focus on getting the child better rather than worrying about the hospital bills.”

Little encourages individuals who shop and Wal-Mart and businesses all over the area to donate toward the good cause that also helps bring needed equipment to hospitals.


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