Telemiracle wrapped up their 42nd year with a record $7,151,256 raised by the people of Saskatchewan.
The total made through the 20 hour telethon broadcast from Regina, “is the largest in Telemiracle history, surpassing the total in 2012 (at) Telemiracle 36. That year’s total was $5,906,229,” said a press release from Telemiracle Administrator, Debra Haubrich.
Two significant bequeaths contributed to the record setting total. According to Haubrich in the press release, “Lucien Wayne Jacobs, a farmer from Trossachs, Sask. bequeathed Telemiracle $1,200,000. Mr. Jacobs died in a farming accident during the 2014 harvest, at the age of 76.
Dr. Phil Thacker, a P.O.W. City Kinsmen member and swine researcher at the University of Saskatchewan left Telemiracle $1,532,792.75. Dr. Thacker died from pancreatic cancer in February 2017.”
While the majority of the Humboldt and District Kinettes were unable to get to Telemiracle because of the weather, Jodie Molsberry drove up before the storm to spend the weekend with the rest of the Telemiracle board.
While they did not have the chance to do an on air presentation, they still had a sizeable donation to give to the organization from personal donations and local fundraiser efforts.
Thanks to the St. Dominic Talent Show, the St. Augustine Skate-a-thon, the Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast, and the Kinettes ladder lift, the Humboldt Kinettes took close to $12,000 to give to the telethon.
With Molsberry being on the Telemiracle Foundation board, she was part of the on stage group as they announced the final total.
To be on stage while they announced the biggest total in Telemiracle history, it was a wonderful time, she says. But all in all Telemiracle 42 was pretty amazing.
“It was pretty amazing, and great cast and wonderful talent this year. Amazing singers and dancers.”
