Current RWC Pending Nursing student Marissa Helms-Taylor is asking for help. Her father, Mark Helms, was in a near fatal motorcycle crash last September, and the family has struggled mentally, physically, and financially since then. On Saturday, Feb. 18, there will be a fundraising benefit held to raise money to help the Helms family meet expenses. The event, a silent auction, will be held in Newark, Ohio, at GMP Hall on Hudson Avenue and will last from 4-8 p.m.
Marissa is requesting that people consider donating items for the auction or making a small monetary donation. She said that the Ohio Country Music Association is sponsoring a Wal-Mart match of any money raised on her father’s behalf.
For more information on the accident visit www.newarkadvocate.com and look for the 01/23/06 story on Mark Helms.
For more information on the benefit or to donate any items for the auction, contact Marissa at 513-289-1346 or email her at mtaylor@umr.com. You may also call family friend Beth Cerda at 740-323-3880.
Send all monetary donations to Mark Helms, 59 Franklin Ave., Newark, OH 43055.