CrossFit event memorializes young cancer victim, raises research funds
BUTLER TWP — A sold-out fitness event held on Saturday raised funds for research in memory of a local boy who died of bone cancer in 2015.
The Ultimate Chipper 2019 saw 120 CrossFit enthusiasts participate in an intense fitness routine known as Wesley's Workout of the Day at CrossFit Recreate on Fairground Hill Road.
All proceeds from the event were donated to CureSearch for Children's Cancer Research in the name of Wesley Zablocki, 11, whose parents, Ted and Nikki, are members of CrossFit Recreate.
“We see a family who lost a child and do lots of fundraising and we thought, 'What could we do to help?'” said Alicia Haller, who owns CrossFit Recreate with her husband, Ryan.
Tim McCune, a Common Pleas Court judge in Butler and member of CrossFit Recreate, attended on Saturday to support the Zablockis' effort to fund cancer research through CureSearch.
Read more in Monday's Butler Eagle.
