Corporate sponsors donated an additional $36,228,846 during the 21 1/2-hour event, which ended Monday afternoon, drawing some 100 million television viewers.

The church, municipal agencies and private sponsors donated the $80,000 needed to run the program this year.

Local sponsors donated funds so that local artists could decorate library book carts.

Matching Gifts "For every $1 you give, our sponsors will donate $2" And yes, it needs to be at least a 200% match.

Corporate sponsors are donating free gasoline, hamburgers and doughnuts, as well as bigger awards like a television set and department- and supermarket-store gift certificates.

For each vote cast after the April 24 show, sponsors, including Coca-Cola and AT&T, will donate an unspecified amount.

Founded in 1991, it is a public school, but corporate sponsors donate money for supplies and special programs.

The sponsor can donate whatever is deemed helpful.

For every lap walked a sponsor will donate a certain amount of money to the event.

Two hundred sponsors donated $200,000 to build the statue.