Cheers to Brittney Woolaghan, a junior-class student at Mars High School. Brittney came up with the idea to conduct a dog walk to benefit military veterans who work with animals.

Brittney and 10 classmates in the sports and entertainment marketing class, in cooperation with the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, are planning the Paws for Vets Dog Walk. The event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. March 30 at the Treesdale Commons Community Center.

The students have set goals to have 200 dogs participate and to raise more than $5,000. James Frank, business education teacher, said the students planned and organized the event on their own.

Frank said when the students contacted the humane society, that group suggested the class have the dog walk for its veterans program because it is underfunded. The veterans program pairs war veterans with shelter animals.

People can register or donate in advance at www.pawsinforvets.org. Participants also can manage an online account and join a fundraising team. The team that raises the most money will receive a donation at the walk.

It's a project deserving widespread community support.

Jeer D

Here's an open letter to the driver who plowed into a U.S. postal worker a week ago in Butler.

It's a good thing you didn't seriously injure him, or worse.

Mail carrier Tony Lee Neiswonger “went up on the hood” of your car and dented the hood, according to a police report of the Feb. 22 incident from the intersection of Walker and Spang avenues. It's remarkable Neiswonger did not require medical treatment.

And he didn't merely walk away. He walked away with a vivid description of you and your now-damaged car. He described you and your thick black-framed, square glasses. He described in detail your bright blue sports hatchback and the direction it went when you sped away. He even noticed the child seat in the back of your car.

Since then, you've lived in constant fear of being found out. You probably are not driving your car — you likely have it parked in a secluded place.

Have you told anyone what happened? Does your child's mother know? Will she read this, see your circumstances and figure it out?

You should have stopped immediately after the collision, but it's too late for that now. There's still time to do the next-best thing, which is to turn yourself in.

The world's largest student-run philanthropy keeps getting bigger.The Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, which took place last weekend, raised a record $13.3 million for children's cancer research and to provide support for patients and their families.With Sunday's total, students have raised more than $114 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital since 1977.A crowd of spectator/supporters in the school's Bryce Jordan Center included everyone from cancer patients and their families to the new Penn State football coach, James Franklin, who pepped up the crowd Sunday afternoon“I can't tell you how proud we are to be a part of this community now,” Franklin said. “Trust me . . . we are going to win a bunch of football games, but more importantly we're going to make a positive difference in this community.”More than 15,000 students participated in fundraising efforts and about 3,500 students volunteered to run the dance marathon during what's known as THON Weekend. Organizers attribute the increase in fundraising to additional national attention the event has received in recent years.It's a remarkable event that continues to grow.

Old Man Winter's song-and-dance is getting old. Time for an exit stage right.