Callie Lenz, 5, of Adams Township feeds her miniature horse Buttercup as her grandmother, Merritt Fasick, looks on. Callie and her brothers, Eddie, 11, and Luke, 8, brought Buttercup and goats to set up a petting zoo Saturday at the Mars Agway open house. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

MARS — Visitors to the open house Saturday at Mars Agway, 101 Grand Ave., may have enjoyed the face painter, balloon artist, petting zoo, glass art, stitchery vendors and food truck, but they also were raising money for a good cause. Make that two good causes.

The event was raising money for 6-month-old Hayden Settlemire, the son of Grant and Stefanie Settlemire. Hayden is a just over a month past open heart surgery.

The raffle baskets at the open house helped to raise funds to pay for medical bills related to Hayden’s needs and to do repairs to the home Hayden lives in.

Those proceeds also will go toward the cost of training, equipment and veterinary care for Beny, the New Sewickley Township K-9 officer. Beny dropped in at the open house, which ran from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Katie Niklewicz, the manager at Agway, said the business has two open houses in June and December and always uses the events to help support a local family and a K-9 dog.

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