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Yahoo
16-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sweet treats, scholarships, and mental health
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)—While Chick-fil-A is known for its chicken, on Wednesday, people will order cookies and brownies as part of the Day of Sweetness. Proceeds from the sales will go to Fight Like A Ninja. 'Fight Like A Ninja was founded in honor of my daughter Brittany after she lost her battle with her mental illness. And unfortunately took her life in 2016,' Fight Like A Ninja founder, Angela Drake said. Field fire breaks out in Tea Day of Sweetness is one of several events that Fight Like a Ninja hosts to start conversations about mental health. The organization also funds a girl's hockey scholarship in Brittany's honor. This year's scholarship went to Brylee Kafka, a Stanley County Senior. Kafka has been playing hockey since the third grade and has taken part in the Fight Like a Ninja hockey tournament for the past six years. 'And then they give out the scholarship every year at the state tournament. Angela comes up and talks about it and what she's trying to support. And it's just so good. And so when I was like, oh, it's my time to be a senior. Of course, I'm gonna put in an application, write my essay,' Stanley County Senior, Brylee Kafka said. 'So seeing Brylee's application was just a bright light, and we knew she was the perfect fit for the Fight Like a Ninja scholarship this year,' Drake said. Carrying on Brittany's legacy of always wanting to help others… through sweet treats, conversations and scholarships. 'I'm glad that I get to share that message with everybody else that you don't have to be rude to be a hockey player. You can be nice and still play hockey,' Kafka said. 'With Fight Like a Ninja, not only have we been able to help these girls have a little piece of their college education paid for, but also start these such important conversations, through different events that we do and bringing the girls together to play the game that we all love. And starting these conversations is a great way to continue to honor Brittany's light in this world,' Drake said. The Day of Sweetness, also known as Brownies for Brittany, is taking place April 15th at the Chick-fil-A in Sioux Falls. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Shamrock Shakes for a cause
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —You can tell St. Patrick's Day is near when the Shamrock Shakes come back at McDonalds. This season, some stores in KELOLAND are using the shakes to give back. Brittany Corcoran was a young girl who loved playing hockey. 'Brittany was a shining light, best friend, everybody's star athlete. She was a star student. Just that All-American girl, that just happened to struggle with mental health,' Fight Like A Ninja Founder, Angela Drake said. Just days before her 18th birthday, Brittany took her own life. Since then, her mother has started the nonprofit called Fight Like a Ninja. It helps create scholarships for girl hockey players, and start conversations around mental health. Tomorrow, several McDonald's locations are helping put on a fundraiser called Shamrock Shakes for Brittany. 'Where $0.44 goes, to every Shamrock Shake sold, to the Fight Like a Ninja program,' McDonald's owner, Jordan Hartshorn said. House Bill 1052 on CO2 pipelines passed. Now what? 'Brittany was a goalie and very superstitious. So before every big game, we would make a Shamrock shake or come to McDonald's and get our shamrock shakes and a small fry,' Drake said. Along with the shamrock shakes will come a sticker that will give people the information they need to start a conversation about mental health. 'Mental health impacts everybody, whether it's directly or indirectly. And our employees really love, supporting this program as well. So anything we can do to shed some more light on starting a conversation we feel is very beneficial to this cause,' Hartshorn said. 'We fought the good fight– did everything that we could to help her. And now we are taking that light that she's left here in the world and shining it on others that may not have a voice about their own mental health,' Drake said. There are 14 McDonalds that are participating in Shamrock Shakes for Brittany, with locations in Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brookings, Brandon and Luverne. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
