"Have a Heart, Save a Heart” benefit for Bridget (Vogt) Lynch will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight today at Batavia Downs, 8315 Park Road, Batavia.
There will be a chicken barbecue, Chinese auction, raffles and live music from Red Creek, Savage Cabbage and Damaged.
Tickets are $20 and include $5 of free play at the Downs.
BOCES' Health Dimensions will calculate your blood pressure for a $1 donation and $5 haircuts from cosmetology students are also available.
Bridget was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. She has had two open heart surgeries so far, one at 7 days old and the other at 5 months old.
She's now 4 and will be undergoing her third, and hopefully last, surgery around this month or next. All benefit proceeds will be be used to help cover the expenses of Bridget’s care.
To make donations, questions or to buy tickets, call Chelsey (Lynch) Mills at 297-4768 or email Chelsey_1026@yahoo.com or call A. Morelli at 813-1476.
