Colonial Life Donates $6,500 to Community Organizations

Media celebrities compete in annual quiz competition on behalf of their favorite charities

 

A duo from WMHK-FM held off seven other media teams in the final inning to win the 9^th annual Colonial Life Challenge for Charity for a third straight year. The victory by Steve Sunshine and Michelle Renew earned a $3,500 donation to Friends of the Department of Juvenile Justice from Colonial Life in WMHK’s honor.

 

The annual quiz show event pits teams of local media celebrities and charity representatives against each other in a battle of wits to earn donations to their favorite charities. WOLO-TV, represented by Alicia Barnes and Daniel Seamans, captured second place and a $2,000 donation for Project Pet. WLTX-TV’s Sydney Cummins and Lewis Turner finished third and earned a $1,000 donation for Girls on the Run.

 

Other media celebrities participating in the event included Dawndy Mercer Plank from WIS-TV, partnering with Craig Plank on behalf of the Oliver Gospel Mission Women’s Growth Center; MidlandsBiz’s Alan Cooper, playing for the Central Carolina Community Foundation with an assist from JoAnn Turnquist; WVOC-AM’s Christopher Thompson alongside Sue Maner of Special Olympics South Carolina; The State Newspaper’s Otis Taylor with teammate Brian Conner playing for the Christopher Conner Foundation; and WACH-TV’s Ashley Norris along with Corey Beasley on behalf of the South Carolina Autism Society.