YORKTON - There was music with supper tonight at Tapp’s Sports Lounge & Grill in Yorkton.
And the music was being played for a good cause as well as supper time ambience.
The performance was by James Betts from Melville who will be part of the TeleMiracle Sunday, March 5.
“He’s been on TeleMiracle three times before,” explained Betts’ wife Cassandra as her husband performed.
While she had joined her husband for a few songs, at TeleMiracle it will just be her husband, adding her husband has been part of the province-wide telethon through the years because “he loves the cause.”
Cassandra also noted TeleMiracle is an opportunity for her husband to use “the gifts God has given him to help people.”
The Kinsmen, Kinettes, and Kin Clubs of Saskatchewan organize TeleMiracle with proceeds going to the Kinsmen Foundation. The foundation provides specialized mobility and medical equipment to people and organizations throughout Saskatchewan, as well as travel assistance for residents in need of medical treatment outside their community.
Cassandra said they appreciate the funds raised go “to help people within Saskatchewan.”
For Cassandra that support hit close to home. As a teacher she had a student who required a special bike to get around the school, and the bike was funded through TeleMiracle, so it easy for the couple to support the telethon “any way we can.”
The performance Friday was part of that effort. Cassandra said her husband had played at Tapp’s before and when he suggested a fundraiser for TeleMiracle it was a quick yes, with a portion of the rib special going to the telethon.
The funds raised will be presented when James performs, with Cassandra having a cameo appearance to present funds collected at Esterhazy School where she works.
If anyone would like to have Betts perform he can be found via Facebook under James ‘Jimbo’ Betts.
