Benefits raise money for hospital, school

Checks were presented to Self School in Valparaiso for $10,000 and to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago for $40,000 in honor of Bret Lasczynski, who lost his battle with a brain tumor earlier this year. Pictured at Self School in Valparaiso are Katie Friday, Della Bergauff, Lisa Mitchell Hood, Todd Laczynski, Sandy Bodnar and Jill Hunt.