The Sandusky amusement park gave more than $5,700 of the money dropped by visitors to the Victory Temple Soup Kitchen in Sandusky.

When I was but a wee lad growing up in the grumpiest state in the nation - Michigan - we used to make regular trips to one of the sweetest cities in Ohio - Sandusky - in order to partaaay at Cedar Point.  I've got plenty of fond memories of the rides and happenins there, especially the coasters.  


Those memories have dimmed with the 30 year+ hiatus I've taken from visiting the park but hearing what the folks at Cedar Point have done this year with their coaster-donations makes me want to haul ass back for a reunion visit and jump on one of their badass coasters with a pocket filled to overflowing of shiny new quarters (makes finding em easier)!  

Local Charities Get $6,500 Dropped By Cedar Point Visitors

POSTED: 1:21 pm EST December 23, 2008
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Cedar Point has donated more than $6,500 found in the park last summer to local charities.




The Sandusky amusement park gave more than $5,700 of the money dropped by visitors to the Victory Temple Soup Kitchen in Sandusky.




The park will also make a donation of almost $800 to the Northwest Ohio Aluminum Cans for Burned Children Fund of the Burn Care and Reconstructive Center at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
During the season, Cedar Point employees collect and turn in money found along the midway, beneath rides and in the park's water fountain.




The Sandusky amusement park's Loose Change Fund began in 1988 and since has collected and donated more than $182,000 to local charities.