People at the Beer Garden Sports Bar and Grille on Sunday help bring in goods to be auctioned for the benefit of a Brady Township woman that was attacked by three dogs earlier this month.

Friends of a Brady Township woman held a charity event Sunday to help her recover from a dog mauling she suffered earlier this month.

Friends describe Connie Matthews LeGrand as a giving person. On Dec. 2 she was visiting neighbors at the Brady Hills Home Park to see if they wanted a sofa and a vacuum cleaner. When she arrived, three St. Bernard dogs clawed and mauled her, ripping part of her scalp off her skull, which required 33 staples for reattachment at Butler Memorial Hospital, according to an earlier report.

LeGrand wasn't admitted to the hospital but since the attack, her friends reported that she has been visiting doctors regularly to deal with the pain and aftermath of the attack. Her childhood friend, Diane Craig, organized the Bar Bingo Benefit on Sunday at the Beer Garden Sports Bar and Grille on Oneida Valley Road in Washington Township to raise money for LeGrand, who has been unable to work since the attack, according to Craig.

Craig came up with the idea for the fundraiser and through word of mouth and social media she was able to collect 122 donations filled with various goods for a raffle auction, which they called a Chinese auction.

“People are amazing. I can't thank everyone enough,” Craig said. “People here really care for each other and the people of Butler came together to help (LeGrand) out.”

Craig estimated that about 250 to 300 people showed up throughout the day, with many either giving a donation or buying raffle tickets.

Craig said LeGrand continues to suffer and has a hard time chewing because of a jaw injury, severe overall pain both at the wound sites and internally from the bite pressure and can barely walk because her thighs were so badly wounded.

“She's in an awful lot of pain. She's having problems with mobility. She's a total mess,” Craig said. “She's having nightmares. She's having night terrors.”

But, Craig said, “She's a forward looking kind of person so she tries to stay positive, looking toward recovery.”

Another friend of LeGrand's who attended the benefit gave a similar report.

“She's hanging in there. She tries to stay positive but she's in a lot of pain,” said Elka Mays of Butler, who said she has known LeGrand “since seventh grade home room.”

About the Sunday crowd at the bar, Mays said, “It's all the people who love Connie.”