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The Colonel Crawford community will be rallying around one of the district’s third graders and her family with a fundraiser on Saturday.
The Lauren Esterline Benefit and Fundraiser will take place at Colonel Crawford with a spaghetti dinner in the Colonel Crawford Hannah/William Cafetorium beginning at 3 p.m. and lasting until 5:30 p.m. The price is $8 for adults and $5 for kids. A bake sale will take place during the dinner as well.
Lauren is a third grade student at Colonel Crawford who was recently diagnosed with Osteosarcoma which is a rare bone cancer. Lauren’s condition came to light after a recent femur fracture. She is undergoing chemotherapy at Nationwide’s Children’s Hospital.
Fundraising activities will take place during the Colonel Crawford and Bucyrus boys basketball games as well. These will include a raffle of donated items, (tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5), a penny war, an ice cream sale, ($2 per cup of ice cream) a 3-point shootout at half time, ($1 per shot attempt), a babysitting/movie room ($5 per kid), face painting by the Colonel Crawford Art Club, ($1 per child) as well as sales of “Lauren Strong” Bracelets ($1 each) and “Love for Lauren” T-shirts ($10 each). All proceeds from the event will go to the Esterline family to help with medical bills and expenses.
The event also coincides with elementary night at the basketball game where students in grades K-5 will be admitted into the game for free.
Route 602 rival Buckeye Central will also be lending a hand to the Esterline family during the Friday’s girls home game against Colonel Crawford. The school will do a few fundraising activities for the Esterline family. Buckeye Central Athletic Director Jay Zeiter explained that the school’s National Honor Society will host a raffle, a 3-point shootout will be held at the halftime of both JV and varsity games and the school will also pass around a donation jar through the crowd.