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Community Rallying Behind Quadriplegic CR-South Graduate

Lauren Shevchek, 19, was injured during a June diving accident and is now quadriplegic.

The community is rallying around a Council Rock South graduate who recently suffered a spinal cord injury and is now quadriplegic.

Lauren Shevchek, 19, was injured during a June diving accident. Shevchek, an experienced swimmer who competed for Council Rock South, suffered the debilitating injury during what family members described as a “freak accident.”

She had just completed her freshman year at Penn State.

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Chesterbrook Academy, where Lauren’s mother has worked for 19 years, is holding a raffle basket auction to support the family. 

The money raised will help with the costs the family faces as a result of the accident, including medical bills, equipment, daily nurse care and a handicap car, explained Ashley Schneider, an assistant principal at Chesterbrook. 

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Tickets for the raffle are available at the Newtown Athletic Club. 

More than 20 raffle baskets will be awarded to winners, Schneider said. The items include massages from David J. Witchell, a gift card to Learning Express, a gift card to Sublime Hair Salon, a Bath and Body Works basket and more.

For more information, call  215-968-8738 or email Ashley.Schneider@nlcinc.com


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