The Region - News from Sept. 16, 1986
A six-hour telethon featuring singers Lionel Richie and Bob Dylan and comedian Bob Hope attracted more than $3 million in pledges to battle drug abuse, sponsors said. Money from the Los Angeles based fund-raiser, called “L’Chaim! To Life!” will go to Chabad House, said spokesman Stanley Goldstein. Chabad is a nationwide social services and education organization run by the Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism. Chabad has a drug rehabilitation center in Los Angeles. The telethon was aired on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles and transmitted to cable television stations in 25 states across the country.
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