People TV Atlanta Announces 2nd Annual Live On-Air Fund-a-Thon in Conjunction With Georgia Gives Day

Atlanta, GA, October 30, 2015 (Newswire.com) - ​People TV Atlanta is participating in Georgia Gives Day, on Thursday, November 12, 2015. Georgia Gives Day is a 24-hour online “flash mob” of giving to support non-profit organizations across Georgia.

People TV – Cable Channel 24 on Comcast - will air ten straight hours of live programming simply titled “People TV Fund-a-Thon” from 12pm EST to 10pm EST on Thursday, 11/12/15 featuring live and taped performances from celebrity and local artist, interviews with leaders of local non-profits, screenings of vintage and new television programs as well as prize give aways throughout the broadcast. People TV hopes the Fund-a-Thon will raise additional public funding to help keep this community-programmed entity afloat. The Fund-a-Thon will also air via live stream at http://www.peopletv.org/Livestream.

“Georgia Gives Day 2014 was our 1st Annual Fund-a-Thon effort and we were able to raise $1,600.00,” said Teddy Lewis, People TV Managing Director. “With continued support from our individual, community and corporate partners and increased engagement from Atlanta area residents, we hope to continue building on the momentum from 2014 and look forward to reaching new heights in 2015."

Here are some key points to keep in mind about People TV and Georgia Gives Day:

• Since 2012, Georgia Gives Day events have raised more than $5.1M from 20,000+ individual donors to support Georgia non-profit organizations.

• For nearly 30 years, People TV has provided more local issue-oriented educational and entertaining television programming than any other Atlanta TV station.

• People TV is a vehicle of free speech expression for individuals and organizations.

• Donations can be made via http://www.peopletv.org/donate.html

 About People TV

People TV, Inc. (A Georgia 501(c)3 Non-Profit) is the City of Atlanta’s public access media technology center giving residents, nonprofits and community organizations an open forum to communicate opinions, programs, ideas, services and talents to 100,000+ households. This access center provides adult and youth citizens with equal opportunity to participate in affordable television/video production workshops, access to production facilities and equipment to produce local programming for Comcast cable channel 24.

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For more information about People TV Atlanta, please visit http://www.peopletv.org or watch Comcast Channel 24 / http://www.peopletv.org/Livestream.