Spaghetti Dinner Planned to Benefit Cheyannia Marburger

Big crowds are expected Saturday for a spaghetti dinner to benefit Connoquenessing Valley Elementary student Cheyannia Marburger.

“Several businesses have flyers in their window, and we've been getting responses on Facebook,” said Carrie Mooney, a friend of Cheyannia’s mother.

in December. Mooney said the little girl hadn’t felt well for weeks before doctors determined she had a tumor on her brain stem.

The second-grader is receiving radiation treatments and has not returned to school since her diagnosis.

“She’s doing as OK, as well as can be expected,” Mooney said of Cheyannia.

Mooney said work friends of Deb Plaisted, Cheyannia’s mother, arranged the spaghetti dinner, which will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the .

The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children younger than 10. Take-out dinners will be available.

There will be a Chinese auction and 50/50 raffles at the event. Mooney said donations are welcome.

“Everybody is invited,” Mooney said. “We’re trying to get the word out.”

Mooney said Plaisted, with whom she grew up, has put on a brave face in the wake of Cheyannia’s diagnosis. A single mom living in Evans City, Plaisted also has two teenage children, Shayne and Sammi. Mooney said the teens have been a big help to their mother.   

“The older kids have been just wonderful,” Mooney said.

Tickets will be available at the door before the dinner. All proceeds benefit Cheyannia’s family.