Austin girls basketball team will help local 1-year old

Published 5:48 pm Wednesday, January 7, 2015

The Austin girls basketball team is doing their best to help out a local toddler when it plays at Huron Lake-Okabena this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The Wildcats are hosting their Coaches vs. Cancer night and funds will be used to help Tyler and Mandy Leopold with medical cossts for their 1-year old daughter, Ellana, who was was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in September, and she is now receiving chemotherapy to shrink the tumor in her chest.

For more information about Elliana and her treatment, visit her Caring Bridge site atwww.caringbridge.org/visit/ellianaleopold or www.facebook.com/prayersforelliana. Funds can be donated to the Leopolds through www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/prayers-for-elliana-leopold/245009.

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