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In honor of Veterans Day, the 4th annual Heroes’ Celebration will take place this Saturday at the Cincinnati Marriott North in West Chester. The event will benefit the Heroes’ Fund, which aids local military families in financial crisis.

The event itself will feature dinner, dancing, a cash bar, a silent auction and a raffle that will give away a 60” LED flat-screen HDTV and a Blue-ray home theater sound system. Tickets to attend the event are $65 each and $585 for a table of 10.

The event will feature guest speaker Colonel Dean Smittle, 700 WLW’s military analyst, and music from the Tom Daugherty Orchestra.

The Heroes’ Fund, according to the event’s press release, provides one-time financial support to active duty military serving in a combat zone and veterans who served in a combat zone who are currently residing in Butler, Hamilton, and Warren counties in Ohio.

Since its establishment in 2007, more than $52,000 has been awarded to area combat veterans.

More information about the fund can be found on the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty website. Tickets can purchased online and over the phone by contacting the Community Foundation at 513-874-5420.

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In honor of Veterans Day, the 4th annual Heroes’ Celebration will take place at 5:30 p.m. next Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Cincinnati Marriott North in West Chester. The event will benefit the Heroes’ Fund, which aids local military families in financial crisis.

The event itself will feature dinner, dancing, a cash bar, a silent auction and a raffle that will give away a 60” LED flat-screen HDTV and a Blue-ray home theater sound system. Tickets to attend the event are $65 each and $585 for a table of 10.

The event will feature guest speaker Colonel Dean Smittle, 700 WLW’s military analyst, and music from the Tom Daugherty Orchestra.

The Heroes’ Fund, according to the event’s press release, provides one-time financial support to active duty military serving in a combat zone and veterans who served in a combat zone who are currently residing in Butler, Hamilton, and Warren counties in Ohio.

Since its establishment in 2007, more than $52,000 has been awarded to area combat veterans.

More information about the fund can be found on the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty website. Tickets can purchased online and over the phone by contacting the Community Foundation at 513-874-5420.

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Tags: Tags: benefit, Cincinnati Marriott North, Cincinnati Marriott North West Chester, Community Foundation WCL, Community Foundation West Chester/Liberty, fundrasier, Heroes' Fund, Tom Daugherty Orchestra, Veterans Day, WCL Community Foundation

The Harlem Wizards will take on the Eastside Hawks at 7 p.m. at Lakota East High School Friday. All proceeds from the game will benefit Lakota East Athletics.

Lakota staff members and alumni will make up the Eastside Hawks roster.

This is the second straight year that Wizards visited the school.

According to its website, the Harlem Wizards’ mission is to create a joyous, awe-inspiring basketball experience for all. The team will perform tricks, alley-oops and involve the crowd.

After the game, souvenirs will be available for purchase. There will also be an autograph session with the players.

Food vendors will be available for dinner prior to the game. The doors will open at 5 p.m.

Presale tickets are $10. They are available at the Lakota East Athletic Office.

Tickets at the door will cost $12.

For more information about the show and tickets, call 513-759-8622.

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Tags: Tags: basketball, fundrasier, Harlem Wizards, Lakota East, Lakota East Sports

The fourth annual Heroes’ Fund Celebration is scheduled to take place Nov. 5 at The Savannah Center in West Chester. The event will benefit the Heroes’ Fund mission of providing one-time financial support to local combat veterans and their families.

The event, which begins at 5:30 p.m., will feature former WLW radio talk show host Gary Burbank as the emcee, cuisines from Savannah Center’s Chef Henry, dancing to the big band sounds of the Tom Daugherty Orchestra and the opportunity to bid on silent auction items.

Raffle tickets for a 60” LCD television home entertainment package can also be purchased at the event for $10 per ticket or for $30 per five tickets.

Individual tickets to the event are $50. For a table of 10 and a chance to dine with Gary Burbank, is $450.

The event will also feature a cash bar.

More information about the fund can be found on the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty website. Tickets can purchased online and over the phone by contacting the Community Foundation at 513-874-5420.

For more sponsorship information, email Sue Mahlock at sue@wclfoundation.com.

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Tags: Tags: benefit, Community Foundation WCL, Community Foundation West Chester/Liberty, fundrasier, Heroes' Fund, Savannah Center, Tom Daugherty Orchestra, WCL Community Foundation

The Harlem Wizards will take on the Eastside Hawks Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at Lakota East High School. All proceeds from the game will benefit Lakota East Athletics.

This is the second straight year that Wizards visited the school. Last year, they played against Lakota administrators, teachers, coaches and former Lakota East players.

According to its website, the Harlem Wizards’ mission is to create a joyous, awe-inspiring basketball experience for all. The team will perform tricks, alley-oops and involve the crowd.

After the game, souvenirs will be available for purchase. There will also be an autograph session with the players.

Food vendors will be available for dinner prior to the game. The doors will open at 5 p.m.

Presale tickets are $10. They are available at the Lakota East Athletic Office.

Tickets at the door will cost $12.

For more information about the Harlem Wizards, visit www.harlemwizards.com.

For more information about the show and tickets, call 513-759-8622.

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Tags: Tags: basketball, fundrasier, Harlem Wizards, Lakota East, Lakota East Sports

For the 15th year the Lakota West athletic boosters will host a pig roast this September directly preceding a high school football game. This year’s roast will take place at Lakota West High School outside on the tennis courts between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2.

Dinner includes barbeque pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, macaroni & cheese, cole slaw, chips and a homemade dessert.

Tickets are $10 for adults and students and $5 for children (ages eight and under). Presale tickets are available at the Lakota West athletic office or at any Lakota West feeder school. Limited tickets will be available the night of the event.

Carry out dinners will also be available.

After the pig roast, the Lakota West Firebirds football team will face the Elder Panthers at 7:30 p.m. It is Lakota West’s first home football game of the 2011 season.

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Tags: Tags: athletics, boosters, Firebirds, football, fundrasier, Lakota West, Lakota West football, Lakota West sports, pig roast

Papa John’s Pizza will hold a one-day fundraiser this Tuesday, June 21, that will benefit the family of Sgt. Brian Dulle. Dulle, a Warren County sheriff’s deputy, died May 10, 2011 in the line of duty.

A total of 41 Papa John’s stores in the Greater Cincinnati area will participate in the fundraiser by donating 10 percent of their entire day sales (open until close) directly to the Dulle family.

Participating Papa John’s stores include the one located in West Chester at 8103 Cincinnati-Dayton Road. For a complete list of participating stores, search “Papa John’s Sgt. Dulle Fundraiser” on Facebook.

Dulle, a married 36-year-old father from Lebanon, has three children (ages 10, 7 and 4). He is the first Warren County sheriff’s deputy to die in the line of duty.

Dulle died after he deployed stop sticks at Ohio 42 and Utica Road in Turtlecreek Township to halt a speeding Cadillac that was fleeing from police. When the car veered out of control, it ran off the road and struck him as he stood near his cruiser. Dulle died instantly.

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Tags: Tags: Brian Dulle, death, fundrasier, Papa John's, Sgt. Brian Dulle, stop sticks

Alicia’s Lungs, a charity raising funds for Lakota graduate Alicia Lang, who has cystic fibrosis and needs to have a double-lung transplant, will be hosting a motorcycle rally benefit this Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tri-County Harley Davidson.

Lang graduated from Lakota West High School in 2010, but has been fighting the lung disease cystic fibrosis since she was five years old.

Lang is currently listed for a double-lung transplant at Loyola in Chicago and at the Cleveland Clinic. The transplant could take place this summer, but could be scheduled for a later date depending when a lung becomes available.

The family is anticipating around $350,000 in bills that will not be covered by their insurance, which covers 80 percent of the cost.

All of proceeds from Saturday’s motorcycle rally will benefit Alicia’s Lungs.

At the benefit, there will be a raffle for a 2011 Harley Davidson Fat Boy around 5 p.m. There will also be three different silent auctions and a 50/50 split the pot.

Barbecue sandwiches, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, beer and pop will be available at the event.

Walk this Way Salon, which will have feather hair extensions, crystal tattoos and chrome and gold nails, will be on hand. Furthermore, a tattoo artist will be doing henna tattoos at the event.

Registration for the motorcycle rally itself starts at 10 a.m. and the ride will leave at noon.

Prizoner will also perform at the event.

Tri-County Harley Davidson is located at 5960 Dixie Highway in Fairfield.

For more about Alicia’s story, visit the Facebook page or WestChesterBuzz.com’s story entitled “Lakota West grad hoping for new lungs.”

People who want to donate, but cannot make either event, can make their personal pledge to the charity by going to donate page of AliciasLungs.com.

(Photo of Alicia Lang with family at a fundraiser at Lakota West High School)

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Alicia’s Lungs, a charity raising funds for Lakota graduate Alicia Lang, who has cystic fibrosis and needs to have a double-lung transplant, will be hosting a motorcycle rally benefit next Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tri-County Harley Davidson.

Lang graduated from Lakota West High School in 2010, but has been fighting the lung disease cystic fibrosis since she was five years old.

Lang is currently listed for a double-lung transplant at Loyola in Chicago and at the Cleveland Clinic. The transplant could take place this summer, but could be scheduled for a later date depending when a lung becomes available.

The family is anticipating around $350,000 in bills that will not be covered by their insurance, which covers 80 percent of the cost.

All of proceeds from Saturday’s motorcycle rally will benefit Alicia’s Lungs.

At the benefit, there will be a raffle for a 2011 Harley Davidson Fat Boy around 5 p.m. There will also be three different silent auctions and a 50/50 split the pot.

Barbecue sandwiches, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, beer and pop will be available at the event.

Walk this Way Salon, which will have feather hair extensions, crystal tattoos and chrome and gold nails, will be on hand. Furthermore, a tattoo artist will be doing henna tattoos at the event.

Registration for the motorcycle rally itself starts at 10 a.m. and the ride will leave at noon.

Prizoner will also perform at the event.

Tri-County Harley Davidson is located at 5960 Dixie Highway in Fairfield.

For more about Alicia’s story, visit the Facebook page or WestChesterBuzz.com’s story entitled “Lakota West grad hoping for new lungs.”

People who want to donate, but cannot make either event, can make their personal pledge to the charity by going to donate page of AliciasLungs.com.

(Photo of Alicia Lang with family at a fundraiser at Lakota West High School)

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Tags: Tags: 2011 Harley Davidson Fat Boy, Alicia Lang, Alicia's Lungs, benefit, charity, fundrasier, Lakota West, motorcycle rally, Prizoner, Tri-County Harley Davidson, Walk this Way Salon

The Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty has partnered with Uno’s Chicago Grill to host the fifth annual community Dough Raiser this Sunday, May 22. For the event, the restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. through 8 p.m.

Last year’s event raised more than $13,000 for the foundation.

This year’s event will offer an all-you-can-eat buffet, which will include salads, pizzas, pastas and more. In addition, soft drinks and Bruster’s ice cream will be provided.

Cost is $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 3-12. Advance tickets can be purchased by calling The Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty at 513-874-5450.

The Dough Raiser is not possible without the help of volunteers. If interested in volunteering, contact Jackie at 513-874-2244 ext. 5 or by email at Jackie.c@ctirest.com.

Uno’s Chicago Grill is located at 9246 Schulze Drive.

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Tags: Tags: Community Foundation WCL, Community Foundation West Chester/Liberty, Dough Raiser, fundrasier, UNO, Uno Chicago Grill, Uno's Chicago Grill, WCL Community Foundation