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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players, local bands and ardent supporters are gathering to rally around one fondly-thought-of ice skating coach.</p><p>The Pens for Stevie benefit takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Toyota SportsPlex, 38 Coal Street. The event features basket raffles, food, vendors and live entertainment by Rod Evans, Random Rock and Jon &amp; Kate + Fate. Admission is $10, and all proceeds go to Stephanie Sciandra in her fight against cervical cancer.</p><p>Sciandra has been a figure skating instructor at the Coal Street complex for five years and has skated there since her childhood, but her relentless search to find a treatment to slow her carcinoma has taken her off the ice, much to her disappointment. The fundraiser aids Sciandra&#8217;s fight in hopes of getting her back on her feet, and ideally, back in her skates.</p><p>Tom Kostopoulos, Pat McGrath and two other yet-to-be-named Penguins players will be in attendance and signing autographs for $5.</p><p>Ice-skating, games and a bounce house are also part of the fun as the benefit caters to both adult and child participants.</p><p>Goma Health &amp; Beauty is among the vendors at the event with its natural, vegan, handmade personal care products.</p><p>Patrons who cannot attend the Sept. 17 event, but would like to donate to Sciandra, can visit her GoFundMe page at <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/2jh449g" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/2jh449g</a>.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The Pens for Stevie benefit takes place Sept. 17 to support figure skating coach Stephanie Sciandra. The event features appearances by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players and live entertainment by local musicians. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/web1_StevieBenefit.jpg</photo0><caption0>The Pens for Stevie benefit takes place Sept. 17 to support figure skating coach Stephanie Sciandra. The event features appearances by Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players and live entertainment by local musicians. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>Times Leader staff reports</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Matt Mattei at 570-991-6651 or Twitter @TLArts</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Pens for Stevie Benefit in Wilkes-Barre features Pens players, live music