*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ARCHIE COMICS PARTNERS WITH THE N RONALD MCDONALD
HOUSE® NEW YORK FOR SPECIAL 70th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE*
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*ALL PROFITS FROM SALE OF ARCHIE #625 WILL HELP TO SUPPORT FAMILIES *
*OF CHILDREN BATTLING CANCER *
September 27 (New York, NY) – Archie Comics, the leading mass market comic
book company in the world and the home to Archie, Betty and Veronica,
Jughead, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josie and the Pussycats announced
today plans for a special, 70th anniversary issue of ARCHIE that will see
all profits from sale going to Ronald McDonald House® New York, which
provides temporary housing for pediatric cancer patients and their families.
As noted in *The Associated Press, Washington Post, Forbes *and *ABC News*,
Archie #625 will cap off a year-long celebration of Archie Comics'
70thanniversary and put a spotlight on a charity that is close to the
heart of
everyone at the company.
"Over the last few years my wife Penny and I have become very close with the
team at Ronald McDonald House New York and familiar with the amazing,
personal work they do, day-in and day-out," said Archie Comics Co-CEO Jon
Goldwater. "We here at Archie have always believed in philanthropy and in
helping those in need, especially children. The Ronald McDonald House team
members are awe-inspiring, and we're honored to be able to do anything that
helps their sterling organization and its families."
"It's been an honor and an extreme pleasure to have Archie Comics join our
family," said William T. Sullivan, president & CEO of Ronald McDonald House
New York. "Since they've adopted our mission to support families battling
cancer, their presence has been an inspiration in our Playroom, hallways,
and within our hearts."
The special issue, written by noted educator Alex Simmons and veteran Archie
artist Dan Parent, reveals that a friend of Archie and the gang has a family
member with cancer, and because of treatment, may have to move. The Archies
then band together to provide help for their friend and get them a spot at
the Ronald McDonald House, so they won't have to leave Riverdale.
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*ABOUT ARCHIE COMICS*
*Archie Comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world
and the home to a wide array of the most popular humor, action-adventure and
superhero characters in entertainment, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and
Veronica, Reggie, Kevin Keller, Josie and the Pussycats, Sabrina, the
Teenage Witch, the Mighty Crusaders, Super Duck, Lil' Jinx and many more.
Archie Comics have sold almost 2 billion comics worldwide and are published
around the world in a number of languages. In addition to comics, Archie
characters have been featured prominently in animation, television, film and
music in various popular incarnations.*
*ABOUT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE NEW YORK*
*Ronald McDonald House New York provides temporary housing for pediatric
cancer patients and their families in a strong, supportive and caring
environment which encourages and nurtures the development of child-to-child
and parent-to-parent support systems. Ronald McDonald House New York is the
largest facility of its type in the world. The House can accommodate 84
families, and it is filled to capacity almost every night. The House's
location in Manhattan, in close proximity to 13 major cancer treatment
centers, draws children and families from across the country and the world,
as well as from the metropolitan New York City area. Since its founding,
more than 25,000 families have stayed at Ronald McDonald House New York.
For more information, visit **www.rmh-newyork.org*<http://www.rmh-newyork.org/>
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*ARCHIE COMICS PRESS CONTACT:*
Alex Segura
Executive Director of Publicity and Marketing
Archie Comics
alex.segura@archiecomics.com
914.381.5155, ext. 226
*RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE NEW YORK PRESS CONTACT:*
Contact: Nicole Pickens
Office: 212-445-8163
Cell: 808-366-2121
npickens@webershandwick.com
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