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Periwinkles hosts Sarah Lufkin Scholarship benefit tonight
My beautiful sister’s Sarah’s high school photo
The Sarah Lufkin Memorial Scholarship Fund will hold its 11th annual benefit fund-raiser on Jan. 12 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Periwinkles Restaurant on Main Street in Essex.
Tickets are $25 each and will be available at the door.
The recipient of this year’s award will also be announced during an event that will include food, live music, several raffles and a silent auction.
The scholarship was set up shortly after Sarah’s death in 1997 to award money to students who have graduated from Essex Elementary School and who will be studying in a field that has a direct effect on children. The scholarship now includes Manchester’s Memorial Elementary School students, since the two schools became a part of one district.
Sarah was attending Salem State College, studying early childhood education, when she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia shortly after finishing her freshman year, according to Sarah’s sister, Kim Lufkin.
“We wanted students who would be working with children to benefit from the scholarship, in essence, continuing what she was unable to do,” she said. “Sarah returned to Salem State part time after finishing two years of chemotherapy and made the dean’s list that semester.”
She came out of remission in December 1996 and passed in April 1997.
All food for the evening will be donated by local restaurants and caterers, and the staff at Periwinkles donates their time and energy. Live music will be performed by Joe Militello and there will be a raffle, a silent auction, and a 50/50 raffle.
Kim Lufkin said organizers of the event are always seeking donations for the raffle and silent auction.
If anyone is interested in donating items for raffles or for more information on the event itself, contact Sue Lufkin at 978-768-7122 or 978-768-6833.
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