More Than 300 Attend Pancake Fundraiser for Lansdale Youth

Family and friends of Matthew Knoebel, a 12-year-old Penndale Middle Schooler fighting leukemia, held a pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee's in Hatfield on Sunday

More than 300 family, friends and strangers came out Sunday morning to a sold-out pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee's in Hatfield for 12-year-old Matthew Knoebel, a Lansdale boy battling leukemia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The event was organized by Upper Gwynedd resident Shannon McNally, and Knoebel's aunts, Mary Aderman, of Lansdale, and Kellie Simpson, of Upper Gwynedd. "There have been a lot of people coming in that don't even know Matthew," McNally said. "It spread from word of mouth." McNally and company sold 300 tickets at $8 for adults and $5 for children. "The outpouring of love and support for this family is amazing," McNally said. Applebee's has been fabulous, she said, in accommodating everyone. "The …

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