Fundraisers
A Zumbathon to honor transplant recipient Geri Whalen will be held 3-5 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Bower Hill Elementary School gymnasium located on Bower Hill Road in Venetia.
Whalen, of Venetia, received a kidney from her sister, Dana Christner, in January, and is currently on the transplant waiting list for a pancreas. While the cost of her transplant was covered by insurance, she faces significant expenses.
Admission is $15 when preregistered online (www.geristeam.com) by Sept. 27, or $20 at the door.
Along with a Zumba session taught by Tara Benkoski, there will be a disc jockey, raffles, health stations and a massage therapist. The first 50 people to register will receive a free T-shirt.
For more information, contact Sondra Hathaway at 412-478-7457 or hathaway92097@verizon.net.
To make a donation in Whalen’s honor, visit www.transplants.org and select Find an NFT Patient. If you prefer to mail your contribution, send your gift to: NFT Pennsylvania Transplant Fund, 5350 Poplar Avenue, Suite 430, Memphis, TN 38119. Write “in honor of Geri Whalen” in the subject line.
Highmark Stadium will be the venue for the Moving Day fundraiser benefiting National Parkinson Foundation of Western PA on Sept. 28. Emcees will be Marty Griffin and Kristine Sorensen of KDKA-TV. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by the walk at 10. For details, visit www.pfwpa.org.