11th Annual 2 Angels Toy Run scheduled for Saturday

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The 11th Annual 2 Angels Toy Run is scheduled for Saturday, November 14th. The event will begin at Berryhill Baptist Church at 6305 West 40th Street, and will end at Charles Page High School in Sand Springs.

The event began in 2010 after the tragic deaths of Hannah Christian and Cassidy Rotramel, who were only in 10th grade. The two CPHS students were killed after the vehicle in which they were passengers rolled a stop sign and was t-boned. The driver and another passenger, both minors, survived. None of the four were wearing seatbelts.

Both victims were popular and beloved by their classmates, and hundreds of students had to visit with grief counselors following the incident. A memorial service was held at the football stadium, and local singer Jake Tankersley performed an original song in their honor. That song, “See You Soon,” went on to see airtime on local radio, and recording sales raised $7,500 for the girls’ funerals. Tankersley returned to perform the song at last year’s 10th Annual Toy Run.

Church That Matters hosts the event each year, and hundreds of cars and motorcycles turn out to celebrate the girls.

Registration will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Berryhill, and the toy run will begin at 12:30 p.m. A free hot lunch will be provided at registration. The event is open to anyone in any vehicle. There is no entry fee, but participants are asked to bring new unwrapped toys. The toys will be donated to the Sand Springs Salvation Army for the upcoming Christmas holiday.

T-shirts will also be sold at the event, and proceeds will go to the Hannah Christian and Cassidy Rotramel Memorial Scholarship Fund. The 2019 Toy Run raised $8,000 for scholarships for two CPHS students. Shirts are $20, or $22 for plus sizes.