Documents tie Jenny McCarthy’s autism charity to unfinished clinic in St. Charles
BRANSON MO NEWS: Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.comCaptionConstruction has stopped on an integrative health clinic at 157 S. Tyler Road in St. Charles’ Tyler and 64 Business Park. City records indicate the project has ties to Jennifer McCarthy’s autism charity, Generation Rescue Inc., but the nonprofit’s executive director has denied that the charity develops health care facilities. A lawsuit is pending from the contractor who alleges he has not been paid.
ST. CHARLES – Actor Donnie Wahlberg’s star-studded benefit concert at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles this summer raised $759,000 for his wife’s autism charity, Generation Rescue Inc., with documents showing the money would be allocated – at least in part – to build integrative health clinics in St. Charles and Missouri.
The event included performances by Shawn Stockman and Wanya Morris from Boyz II Men, singer Ashley Rodriguez, Naughty By Nature and New Kids on the Block, of which Wahlberg is a member. He also stars in the CBS TV series “Blue Bloods.”
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A news release about the concert stated that “funds raised at this year’s event will be allocated to build integrative health clinics in Illinois and Missouri.”The news release also stated: “Jenny McCarthy kicked off the show with a heartfelt speech to fans and announced that [there] had been a groundbreaking earlier that same day [June 19] in St. Charles of a custom-built integrative health clinic providing comprehensive treatment for all individuals across the special needs spectrum. A portion of the funds raised from both this year’s and last year’s concerts have been allocated to the clinic.”
McCarthy is the wife of Wahlberg.
After the news release was sent out and the groundbreaking …
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