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Help injured student

HANOVERTON

A fundraiser is set for noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at United High School for Alissa Boyle, 22, a 2008 United graduate who was injured in February when she jumped from a bridge overpass to avoid being hit by a tractor-trailer. Boyle and a friend, Cami Abernethy, 21, of Sewickley, Pa., were helping a motorist who had been in an accident at the time.

The incident occurred in Greene County, Pa., near the Pennsylvania/West Virginia line. Boyle and Abernethy are nursing students at Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania. The women jumped 40 to 50 feet to the ground below Interstate 79 as the semi approached them. The driver of the car the women were assisting also jumped. All three were in fair condition at a West Virginia hospital in the days after the accident.

Donations to Boyle can be made at Huntington Bank under the name “Cheers for Alissa. “

Safety summit today

WARREN

Councilman John Brown has organized a 3rd Ward safety summit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, 2627 Atlantic Street NE.

The summit will provide information on how residents can protect themselves and their homes from the increasing number of break-ins and home invasions being reported in the city.

Speakers will include Sgt. Joe O’Grady of the Warren Police Department, Jerry Usselman of the National Rifle Association regarding concealed-carry training, Tina Milner regarding the Warren Weed and Seed program, Animal Welfare League regarding dog adoption, and WJ Alarm regarding alarm and video services.

Blood drives

Blood drives in Mahoning County this week will be at Clear Channel Radio, 7461 South Ave., noon to 6 p.m. Thursday; and the American Red Cross Donor Center, 57 Westchester Drive, Austintown, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.