CHARITY SPOTLIGHT
High School Scholarship Recipient
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BY CHRISTINA RUOTOLO
aughters for Dads is a non-profit organization started in 2010 and inspired by a fathers never ending love. After losing their fathers to cancer Allison Mallison, her sister, Andrea Dixon, and Lisa Cartwright created Daughters For Dads. D4D’s mission is to help local friends and families who are fighting cancer. They started by helping several families ease some of the burden cancer brings, such as providing financial insurance assistance, treats for caregivers, meals and much more. The first year, the friends got together with additional patrons in the community for a girls night out event called “Get Carded” which included wine, food, and raffle items. To attend, guests do-
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nated a gift card for various services like gas and groceries to gift cards to restaurants and for other services. This is how they were initially able to help local families for the first few years. But they wanted to be able to help more people. Five years ago, Corrie Blackwelder with the Blackwelder Foundation joined the group and helped establish a Daddy Daughter dance to help raise even more money for their non-profit organization. They created the first Daddy Daughter dance in 2017. The event, which is held every February brings in over 400 attendees and guests get to enjoy great music, dancing, food, beverages, and raffle items. “We started small just wanting to help people we knew, but thanks to the The Blackwelder Foundation, the
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