March Madness returns again as the 14th annual benefit basketball game between the Churchville-Chili LEO Club and the Churchville Lions Club is scheduled for Sunday, March 4. Game time is 1 p.m. at the new Churchville-Chili Middle School gym – entrance #37 from Fairbanks Road school campus entrance.
This popular event will benefit the Yasol family of Rio Grande Drive, North Chili. Mrs. Yasol is battling cancer and is the mother of two boys at Chestnut Ridge Elementary School. The proceeds from the game will be donated to the Yasol family to help with their medical expenses related to her illness. The Churchville Lions Club team will also be joined by members of the Chili Lions Club and the Churchville Volunteer Fire Department in an attempt to break their 11 game losing streak to the LEO Club.
The Churchville-Chili LEO Club is comprised of students in grades 7 through 12 who perform various community service activities. These students prepare a monthly meal at the Ronald McDonald House; routinely attend functions and interact with students at the Batavia School For The Blind; Westside Relay For Life; help at Purple Pony Therapeutic Farm; the School of the Holy Childhood and Special Olympics and numerous school and community functions. Many activities are also done in concert with their sponsors, the Churchville Lions Club, such as environmental cleanups and chicken barbecues.
This basketball game has evolved into one of the group’s most popular and spirited activities. Donations will be accepted by members of the LEO Club or Churchville Lions Club. Donations may also be mailed to Churchville-Chili LEO Club, Churchville-Chili Senior High School, 5786 Buffalo Road, Churchville, NY 14428.
