Do you recognize these rocking girls from 2009?

By Joan Janzen

In February 2009, a group of 55 girls in Kindersley raised $14,000 in pledges for the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation. The Grade 4 to 7 students from Westberry School and Elizabeth School spent more than eight hours playing games, singing karaoke and rocking in rocking chairs in the Westberry School gym over the weekend.

L-R: Shaye Bauml (10 years old), Kendra Kirtzinger (10), Madeline Besharah (11), rock in their rocking chairs during the Kinette Rock-a-then event in the Westberry School gymnasium in 2009. Photo: The Clarion, Feb. 4, 2009

To participate, each girl was required to raise a minimum of $50 for the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation. While some participants contributed the minimum amount, others went far beyond the minimum requirement.

Grade 4 student Brooke Fries raised the most funds ($1,573). Second place went to Grade 6 student Ashley Fries, and third place went to Grade 4 student Shayne Cranston with $1,265.75. Grade 4 student Mallory Fries collected the most pledges (57).

The top fundraisers were invited to attend Telemiracle 33 at TCU Place in Saskatoon in March of that year.