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40 years of memories at Kinsmen Telemiracle

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Old photo of Telemiracle 17.

By Adriana Christianson

Don Lypchuk, or Uncle Don as he’s best known, has been working backstage at Kinsmen Telemiracle since the very first telethon in 1977.

He was working at Centennial Auditorium in Saskatoon when the idea for a 20 hour telethon was first pitched. He worked on audio and sound for the first show and he was hooked. Every year for the last 40 years, Lypchuk has been working in some capacity behind the scenes at Telemiracle.

For a 40 year veteran of the telethon, it is the people who... // Read Full Article


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