Circle the Date for the Second Annual Emily Beazley's Kures for Kids Family Fair

CHICAGO, IL -- Circle the date, Saturday, Sept. 17, for the second annual Emily Beazley’s Kures for Kids Family Fair. This year’s fair will be held at Marist High School, 4200 W. 115th St., from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine.

Emily was an amazing girl who courageously fought an extremely aggressive form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Her courage and positive attitude captured worldwide attention. The 12-year-old Mt. Greenwood girl succumbed to the disease in 2015, but not before drawing up her own plans and creating a logo for a foundation that would help kids like her facing cancer.

Her parents, Ed and Nadia, and younger sister, Olivia, organized the first family fair last year honoring Emily’s vision. The wildly popular event was embraced by the community and raised over $65,000 for pediatric cancer research.

T-shirts depicting Emily's own logo for Kures for Kids will be on sale during the family fair on Sept. 17.

The 2016 edition will start with an 11 a.m. memorial service for Emily, followed by carnival games, inflatables, animal show, balloon twister, magicians, raffles, DJ, vendors, local restaurants and much more. Registrations will also be taken for a bone marrow registry.

Entry is free, but wristbands are available for $10 to enter the inflatable area, $30 for families of three kids or more.

One-hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated to Kures for Kids, a division of the Cure It Foundation for the cause of childhood cancer research. For more information about the fair, visit the Kures for Kids Facebook page.