A cookout benefit will be held on May 31 at the Sullivan IGA parking lot to raise money for Presley Wagner, the infant daughter of Shelby and Andy Wagner who has the rare syndrome Trisomy 14 Mosaic.

Only around 200 known cases of the syndrome have been known world-wide since 1970 and tends to cause cleft hand, conductive hearing loss, and other conditions, some of which Wagner is displaying. The syndrome is lifelong.

Wagner is currently seeing doctors in Decatur, Springfield, Champaign and making weekly trips to St. Louis, resulting in tremendous financial costs.

The cookout will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and offers brats, pork chop sandwiches, rib eye sandwiches, soda and water. Donations should be made payable to Faith Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 109, Sullivan, IL 61951. Donors should also add “Wagner” to the memo line of check donations.