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Telemiracle 43 wrapped up at TCU Place in Saskatoon on March 3, 2019. (Telemiracle/Facebook) : Tyler Marr
Ring those phones

Telemiracle 43 raises more than $5 million

Mar 3, 2019 | 7:07 PM

People in Saskatchewan stepped up to ring those phones for the province’s favourite annual telethon.

Telemiracle 43 wrapped up Sunday at TCU Place after raising $5,619,214 over the course of the weekend.

The total fell short of last year’s record of $7,151,256.

All money raised in the telethon goes towards the Kinsmen Telemiracle foundation, which provides special needs equipment, access to medical assistance and support to people in Saskatchewan.

In 2017, the last time the Telemiracle was held in Saskatoon, the telethon raised just over $5 million.

The first telethon in 1977 raised more than $1 million and then passed the $2 million mark for the first time in 1983.