WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather, and Sports |Smokies plate raises $183,000 so far this year
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Associated Press - July 29, 2010 4:15 AM ET
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The Friends of the Smokies says the group's specialty Tennessee license plate raised more than $183,000 in the first half of this year.
The group has an annual goal of raising $1 million for the park. It says it has raised more than $30 million since 1993 to support educational programs, historic preservation projects, conservation of natural and cultural resources and wildlife research and protection in the Smokies.
The organization receives $30.75 from each Tennessee Friends of the Smokies plate sold.
Online:
http://www.friendsofthesmokies.org/plates.html.
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