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Humboldt well represented at Telemiracle 41

It may have been an early morning for the Humboldt and District Kinettes but the energy around Telemiracle 41 was fantastic. Telemiracle 41 on March 4-5 brought in $5 million from all across Saskatchewan.
Becky Zimmer
Kinettes at Telemiracle
Enough members of the Humboldt and District Kinettes went to Telemiracle 41 on March 4-5 that they had their own line for the on stage phone crew. Together with donations from the community, the Kinettes took just over $15,000 with them to contribute to the $5 million total raised during the telethon. Pictured: (L to R) Gail Ortman, Susan Dunne, Rayleen Possberg, Jodi McDougall, Lisa Selinger, Janice Weber, Kristin Rogers, Paige Dutchak, Jodie Molsberry, Colleen Foster, Kelly Soderholm, Susan Young photo courtesy of Susan Dunne

It may have been an early morning for the Humboldt and District Kinettes but the energy around Telemiracle 41 was fantastic.

Telemiracle 41 on March 4-5 brought in $5 million from all across Saskatchewan.

The Humboldt Kinettes were part of the action as well bringing in over $15,182.55 from their ladder lift, pancake breakfast, ticket sales, local schools contributing, and donations from businesses.

“We were pretty pumped to take that total,” says Kinette Susan Dunne.

The Humboldt community has been great with so many organizations partnering with the Kinettes to make sure they are going higher.

Sobeys and the Humboldt Fire Department pitched in to put on the ladder lift event on Jan. 28 while the Knights of Columbus helped out at the pancake breakfast on Jan. 8.

Dunne says she hopes that this can be a yearly thing where local Humboldt organizations organize fundraisers and give the money to the Humboldt Kinettes to present at Telemiracle.

“It takes us a bigger number to the stage and it’s really exciting.”

Being a part of Telemiracle and hearing everyone’s stories about receiving equipment for a new and better life is just beautiful, says Dunne.

Having so many pink ladies go was very fortunate, says Dunne.

“We had a lot of our girls go  so we had a complete phone line that was up on stage a lot.”

The Humboldt group drew the 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. shift, which was pretty lucky, says Dunne. However during the day when the phones are quiet, there has so to be something to keep you going.

With so many other clubs there, this was also a great networking opportunity for the Humboldt ladies in pink, says Dunne.

“You learn from other clubs what they do to raise funds to bring to the stage.”

Jodie Molsberry is part of the Telemiracle Foundation board and also spent time at Telemiracle 41 answering phones from 11:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Saturday night as well as got to be on stage for the balloon drop after the final total was announced.

“That’s pretty exciting to be on stage and the balloons drop and everything. That was pretty cool.”