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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A local roller skating rink was &#8220;just peachy&#8221; Sunday afternoon as area residents came out to skate and support a local woman battling cancer.</p><p>The event, &#8220;Help Mel Put an END to ENDometrial Cancer&#8221; held at Skateaway on Blackman Street, helped raise funds to defray travel and treatment costs for Melanie Mizenko, a Times Leader reporter.</p><p>And peach was the color of the day, as it&#8217;s the color for endometrial cancer awareness. T-shirts with the phrase &#8220;I&#8217;m just peachy&#8221; on the back of them were sold as part of the fundraiser.</p><p>Mizenko, who was diagnosed with the disease two years ago and was in remission, found out in February the cancer came back during a visit at Fox Chase in Philadelphia. Mizenko travels to Fox Chase for treatments.</p><p>Mizenko&#8217;s sister, Julie Mizenko, who works at Skateaway, said her boss, Dianne Feist, came up with the idea for the event.</p><p>&#8220;We needed to do something,&#8221; Feist said.</p><p>Feist said she and the staff got together to brainstorm ideas for the events and ways of getting donations.</p><p>&#8220;They surprised me with it,&#8221; Julie said.</p><p>Julie said they have been working on the event for about a month and a half and said the response from the community from the start was amazing.</p><p>&#8220;A lot was donated by small businesses,&#8221; Julie said.</p><p>The benefit included a bake sale, 50/50 and raffle. Julie said donations came in from family members and friends, who put together baskets in addition to those donated by businesses.</p><p>Julie said she was also amazed by the support shown at the event Sunday.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m surprised at how many people came out,&#8221; she said.</p><p>Melanie said she felt overwhelmed by the amount of support.</p><p>&#8220;It shows how amazing people are,&#8221; she said.</p><p>Mizenko said while she isn&#8217;t used to being the center of attention, she is grateful for the support she has been given.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna kill my sister,&#8221; Mizenko said, &#8220;but it&#8217;s a tremendous help.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Melanie Mizenko greets friends Steven and Fran Spencer, of Nanticoke, at a benefit in her honor Sunday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_Skateawaymelanie-3-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Melanie Mizenko greets friends Steven and Fran Spencer, of Nanticoke, at a benefit in her honor Sunday afternoon. </caption0><photoCredit0>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_skateawaymelanie-2-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jackie and Pat Lehman, of Hanover Township, buy raffle tickets off of Melanie Mizenko&#8217;s aunt, Sandy Concannon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_skateawaymelanie-2-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Jackie and Pat Lehman, of Hanover Township, buy raffle tickets off of Melanie Mizenko&#8217;s aunt, Sandy Concannon. </caption1><photoCredit1>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_skateaway-melanie-1-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Jacqueline Buckley, of Nanticoke, and Sarah Cease, of Hunlock Creek, sign a banner for Melanie Mizenko during a fundraiser at Skateaway in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_skateaway-melanie-1-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Jacqueline Buckley, of Nanticoke, and Sarah Cease, of Hunlock Creek, sign a banner for Melanie Mizenko during a fundraiser at Skateaway in Wilkes-Barre. </caption2><photoCredit2>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_skateawaymelanie-4-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Mary Georgetti, of Plains Township, looks at the different raffle baskets that were donated for Sunday&#8217;s benefit. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_skateawaymelanie-4-1.jpg</photo3><caption3>Mary Georgetti, of Plains Township, looks at the different raffle baskets that were donated for Sunday&#8217;s benefit. </caption3><photoCredit3>Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Event held in honor of TL reporter battling cancer</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Brigid Edmunds</p><p>bedmunds@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Brigid Edmunds at 570-991-6119 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Fundraiser at Skateaway raises funds for local woman battling cancer