EAST CANTON, Ohio -- It started as a call for help, and the people of East Canton and Stark County pizza shops answered the call by organizing a fundraiser to help the family of a young girl pay for her funeral.
Angie Baker, 15, was killed September 30th, when a suspected drunk driver plowed into a car Angie was riding in on U.S. Route 30.
The overwhelming show of support at the fundraiser Wednesday night at the Foltz Community Center, is helping comfort Angie Baker's grieving mother.
Dawn Weaver says, "I can't put it into words, just warms me inside where you know where before it felt like it was ripping me apart."
The principal of East Canton High School, where Angie was a sophomore, organized the fundraiser after he heard that Angie's family was having financial difficulties.
Chris Corbi says, "I think it gave all of us a life lesson that we need to live each day to the fullest and when a tragedy happens like this, that everybody needs to work together and that's what we're doing."
Angie Baker's classmates say the turnout at the fundraiser is a reflection on the type of person she was.
Ben Belew tells Fox 8 News, "She always treated all of her friends with respect and care, if something like this happened to one of us, I think that she would do the same thing to all of us are trying to do for her."
The pizza party is doing more than ease the financial burden of the family, it is helping heal a mother's broken heart and reminding her of the footprints her daughter left in the sand.
Dawn Weaver says, "She would be happy, she really would be, she'd be really pleased. She's made a big impact on everybody, the whole community."
Angie Baker's name will live on in the form of scholarship at East Canton High School. Donations can be made at any Charter One Bank.
Angie Baker, 15, was killed September 30th, when a suspected drunk driver plowed into a car Angie was riding in on U.S. Route 30.
The overwhelming show of support at the fundraiser Wednesday night at the Foltz Community Center, is helping comfort Angie Baker's grieving mother.
Dawn Weaver says, "I can't put it into words, just warms me inside where you know where before it felt like it was ripping me apart."
The principal of East Canton High School, where Angie was a sophomore, organized the fundraiser after he heard that Angie's family was having financial difficulties.
Chris Corbi says, "I think it gave all of us a life lesson that we need to live each day to the fullest and when a tragedy happens like this, that everybody needs to work together and that's what we're doing."
Angie Baker's classmates say the turnout at the fundraiser is a reflection on the type of person she was.
Ben Belew tells Fox 8 News, "She always treated all of her friends with respect and care, if something like this happened to one of us, I think that she would do the same thing to all of us are trying to do for her."
The pizza party is doing more than ease the financial burden of the family, it is helping heal a mother's broken heart and reminding her of the footprints her daughter left in the sand.
Dawn Weaver says, "She would be happy, she really would be, she'd be really pleased. She's made a big impact on everybody, the whole community."
Angie Baker's name will live on in the form of scholarship at East Canton High School. Donations can be made at any Charter One Bank.
