Just days after a home in Clinton Twp.\u00a0exploded, more than 30 people turned out to plan a fundraiser.<\/p>\n
A pasta dinner Sunday, Aug. 23, will benefit Rita Wasnowic, Fred Natale and their son.<\/p>\n
Until recent years, Wasnowic, 84, was the oldest person taking ballet and jazz classes at the Dave Ragnacci School of Dance. Ragnacci organized the meeting.<\/p>\n
The June 11 fire at the family\u2019s home near Elk Lake in Wayne County is believed to have started in propane tanks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen this happened, I thought, you know, it\u2019s time to give back,\u201d Ragnacci said. \u201cBecause they have a big heart. They\u2019re very, very kind people. They\u2019re very good to people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wasnowic donated scholarships for dance students and helped with Ragnacci\u2019s wedding. A few years ago, Wasnowic threw a party she called a \u201cdance prom.\u201d \u201cIt was amazing,\u201d Ragnacci said.<\/p>\n
He has not spoken to the family, but heard they are staying with relatives and doing well.<\/p>\n
The fundraiser will include raffle baskets and entertainment. It will be held Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center Camp Daleville in Covington Twp. Tickets are $25. Children under 5 are admitted free.<\/p>\n
An online link for advance tickets is in the works. Reservations are preferred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just days after a home in Clinton Twp.\u00a0exploded, more than 30 people turned out to plan a fundraiser.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[182,139,28,178,180,179,1481],"class_list":["post-222693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-wayne-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}