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BC3 event to raise funds for scholarships in memory of recent nursing grads

Proceeds from Pioneer Pursuit Fall 2022 Sept. 24 at Butler County Community College will benefit the Sarah Kasunic ’16 Scholarship available from the BC3 Education Foundation. Kasunic, formerly of Butler and a 2013 graduate of Knoch High School, earned an associate degree in nursing, from BC3 in 2016. She was killed in 2019 in Tennessee. SUBMITTED PHOTO

An inaugural community event Sept. 24 will help Butler County Community College alumni and student groups raise funds for scholarships, including those in memory of recent nursing graduates who died at 23 and 26.

Pioneer Pursuit Fall 2022 will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Shaffer Walking Trail on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township.

Proceeds from a 5K race, 1-mile walk, children’s 100-meter dash, sponsorships and a basket raffle will benefit BC3 Education Foundation scholarships created by family and friends of Sarah Kasunic in 2019 and of Caitlyn Kaufman in 2020.

The 5K and a 30-minute yoga session begin at 9 a.m.; the 1-mile walk at 9:15 and the children’s 100-meter dash at 9:45 a.m.

For more information, visit bc3.edu.

Bill Foley is coordinator of news and media content at Butler County Community College.

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