Car wash to raise funds for teenager

DRAPER — Pioneer Car Wash is organizing a two-day car washing event this weekend to raise money for Gentrie Hansen, a 14-year-old Draper girl who is suffering from gastroparesis, a paralysis of the stomach. She has been unable to eat or drink anything since December, as was chronicled in a Deseret News story June 22.

There is a community-wide effort to raise money to help the family, which faces enormous expenses for medical care.

According to owner Mark Saxton, Pioneer Car Wash will donate all of the money raised from its car washes on Friday and Saturday. The carwash is located at 1254 E. Pioneer Road in Draper.

"We invite all to participate in any way they can," Saxton said. "Let's pull together as a community and help this family."

— Doug Robinson