LHS Cheerleaders' Car Wash Fundraiser Is Aug. 28

Note: The following item was submitted as a public service announcement:

Under the guidance of new coach Courtney Whitaker, the 2011 Cheerleaders will scrub the grime from your cars at the South Lynnfield Post Office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on August 28. Proceeds will help pay for competition music and choreography.

Music and choreography are crucial to winning competitions, and fees can run over $2,000.

In 2010, the Lynnfield Cheerleaders won the MSSAA (Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association) competition.

Look for a surprising color addition to the team’s uniform this year. Along with the blue and gold,the team will be wearing pink bows with breast cancer awareness insignias to the football games, in memory of Lynn Finn and her dedication to the Lynnfield Youth Cheering program.

In June, daughter, Alexis Finn and teammates (see photo) Vanessa Caraffa, Sloan Colby-Nunziato, Logan Colby-Nunziato, Zoe DeGeorge, Alexis Finn, Christina Walker, Tiana Maylor and Bridget Yahoodik showed their support by raising $2,000 for cancer research and renovations of the inpatient oncology unit at the North Shore Medical Center's North Shore Cancer Walk in Salem. Coach Whitaker plans on adopting this walk as a team charity, and making it an annual event.

So drive your gloomy, grimy jalopy and bring a $5 donation down to the LHS Cheerleaders' Car Wash on Sunday, August 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., behind the fire station/post office and drive away in good cheer with a sparkling clean chariot!