CHISD Rallies for Volunteer
February 15, 2007
By BRIAN ALLEN / Today Newspapers
Oftentimes trouble visits the people who have had more than enough of it. Such is the case with longtime Cedar Hill volunteer Angela Trevino.
Trevino has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the community that she’s spent years helping is now doing something to help her.
A fundraiser for a “Community Angel” and her family will be held Feb. 24 at the Cedar Hill High School Performing Arts Center from 3-8 p.m.
The event will feature entertainment, a live auction and a bake sale. Entertainment tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students and free for pre-K aged children.
A family of four can attend for $50.
Trevino is a single mother with four daughters still in school and a fifth one out of school, and recently she has cared for her own mother, who had a stroke.
At the Cedar Hill School Board meeting Feb. 12, Trustee Valerie Banks urged everyone to come out to the fundraiser, to offer the family their support and remember them in prayers.
“None of us ever knows when we’ll need someone’s help,” she said.
Sheri Borth, one of the event’s organizers, said this family deserves all the help Cedar Hill can give them.
“She’s a single parent raising (five) daughters,” Borth said. “She has Stage 4 breast cancer, it’s in her lungs and other places. As a single parent it’s always tough anyway. But she’s given so much to this community. You might not always see what she’s done but she’s someone that’s always working behind the scenes. The outpouring of support has been tremendous. We have a TV and two trips to Mexico for our live auction.”
Borth said when news of Angela Trevino’s illness spread, everyone wanted to help.
“We knew we had to do something,” Borth said. “For entertainment we’ll have several different bands, vocalists and varieties of music. Several restaurants have donated to our concession stand. We have Panera Bread, Chick-Fil-A, Macaroni Grill and so many others.”
Donations for the Trevino family can be taken to Regions Bank or Merit Realtors in Cedar Hill, with checks made payable to the Angela Trevino Special Fund Account.
The fundraiser event is co-sponsored by Friends of Country Day, Keep Cedar Hill Beautiful and Friends of the Cedar Hill Education Foundation.
For more information contact Borth at 214-616-4811, Mary White at 214-850-7297, or Linda Patton at 972-824-3793.
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