Front Porch Pickin at the Country Music Highway Museum in Paintsville held a benefit fundraiser on the evening of Thursday, February 9, 2017. The benefit was held for the family of Louetta Helton, a regular to the show with her husband Greg. Louetta passed away on Friday, February 3 after battling cancer. Greg attended the performances Thursday with their three children and spoke to the crowd, saying that he wanted to show them how good the people there were to the two and how helpful they have been to people that were basically strangers to them. Over $1,000 was raised for the Heltons.