As is their custom in February, students of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute, in addition to writing exams, thinking about sweethearts and going on a weeklong break, maintain an eye towards raising money for Telemiracle.
The Kinsmen Foundation, through donations to Telemiracle, assists Saskatchewan people to acquire special needs equipment and access to medical treatment.
Telemiracle 42 will be broadcast live from Conexus Arts Centre on March 3 and 4 and will be shown on all four Saskatchewan CTV stations and NewCap Television in Lloydminster, and it may be streamed on the CTV Regina or CTV Saskatoon websites.
At KCI, the Student Leadership Council (SLC) has launched three major fundraising projects which are underway and will continue until March 3.
The first project is the sale of Telemiracle “hands,” the paper drawings of hands that are sold for a dollar each and then posted on various billboards throughout the school with the donors’ names written on them.
“We are having a competition to determine which grade sells the most “hands,” said Julianna Raabel, an executive member of the SLC. The winning grade will be treated to a pizza party.
Then, as a variation of the much-loved and humorous “kiss the pig” competition, it was decided to launch a “kiss the goat” contest, Raabel said, explaining that this contest involves having a jar for each staff member participating and donors are asked to place money in the jar of the staff member they wish to see kiss a goat.
“We have about 15 jars, each one with the name of a staff person,” she said. The jar with the most money at the end of the contest means that person must kiss the goat during a special assembly.
The third fundraiser is a silent auction with a twist in that no one knows what the items in the auction are, she said, explaining that people place bids for items which are sealed in a bag. The items may be very valuable or of minimal value, no one will know.
“We’ll probably showcase the entire group of items, but in placing bids, no one will know which item is which.”
Members of the community are encouraged to participate in the fundraisers.
