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Friday, April 5, 2013

Kurt Hinish Fundraiser Today at Getaway Cafe

A fundraiser for Kurt Hinish, a Baldwin High School graduate and local coach, will be held today, Friday, at Getaway Cafe.

A fundraiser is being held at the Getaway Cafe in Baldwin Township today, Friday, April 5, for a local man fighting cancer. Kurt Hinish, a 1984 graduate of Baldwin High School and a volunteer coach for the Baldwin-Whitehall Youth Football Association, recently had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his colon. He is currently undergoing chemotherapy, severely hampering his ability to work as a self-employed concrete contractor. The fundraiser is being held at Getaway Cafe today, Friday, April 5, between 3 and 11 p.m. Customers who tell servers they are dining for the "Hinish Fundraiser" will have 20 percent of their food purchases donated to Kurt's family. The donations will not include gift certificate sales and will not be good with…

Thursday, February 28, 2013

REMINDER: Kurt Hinish Fundraiser at Getaway Cafe This Friday

Hinish, a Baldwin grad, is recovering from the removal of a cancerous tumor.

Kurt Hinish has deep roots in Baldwin-Whitehall. A 1984 graduate of Baldwin High School, Hinish is a volunteer coach for the Baldwin-Whitehall Youth Football Association, and his wife, Tawnie, is a technology teacher for the Baldwin-Whitehall School District. Recently, Kurt, 46, had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his colon, and he is facing several months of chemotherapy, severely hampering his ability to work as a self-employed concrete contractor. In response, many members of the B-W community are rallying to help the Hinish family (which includes four children ranging in age from third grade to college-aged) with medical and living expenses in its time of need, starting with a fundraiser at the Getaway Cafe in Baldwin Township…

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