The Pritchard family, David, Julie, Ashley and Justin, have been chosen as the 2019 Cranberry Community Uniting People (CUP) Inspirational Family.

CRANBERRY TWP — The annual Cranberry Community Uniting People weekend typically aims to raise money for an inspirational family experiencing a hardship.

This year, the weekend will take on the added mission of finding a kidney donor for a member of that family.

The Cranberry CUP was founded in 2000 as a way to get neighborhood homeowners associations involved in a softball competition to raise money for charity. Since then, more than $1.5 million has been raised, with a golf outing and other events added.

This year, the event will benefit David Pritchard and his family. Pritchard received a kidney transplant in 2006, and thereafter battled infections as well as tongue, tonsil and thyroid cancer. In May 2018, he was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure, and had to begin dialysis.

This is an excerpt from a story in Thursday's Butler Eagle.