Rita McCaslin said she thinks someone’s trying to tell her something about this year’s annual Circles of Hope Telethon theme.
“Somewhere There’s a Child – Child Abuse is Real,” is from the title of a song written by McCaslin’s late companion Rusty Mac, a local radio personality. The song is about child abuse and people having the strength, courage and determination to end it. The Exchange Club/Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse will host its 26th annual Circles of Hope Telethon on Sunday. The event will be held at the Carl Perkins Civic Center and will be broadcast live from 1 to 10 p.m. on WBBJ-TV. All funds raised are used to provide programs and services to West Tennessee children and families. The center has 18 locations, serving 20 counties and more than 6,256 individuals last year. “We raised over a million dollars a year the last two years,” McCaslin said. “We’re hoping to do the same this year.” During the telethon, viewers and attendees will hear Mac, whose birth name was William K. Fulce, sing “Somewhere There’s a Child.” “He did a recording of it, thank goodness,” McCaslin said.
She remembers watching TV the night Mac wrote the song.