Kids & Family

Stoughton Cheerleading Program Holding Fundraiser for Family of Norton Girl Killed in Route 24 Rollover

Angel Pina, 12, of Norton, died following a single car rollover on Route 24 on the Stoughton/Avon line on July 12. Cheer Nation of Stoughton will be holding an open tumble fundraiser this Friday, July 20 for Angel's family.

A Stoughton cheerleading program will be stepping up this Friday to hold a fundraiser for the family of Angel Pina, the Norton girl who was was killed following a .

Just 12-years-old, Pina was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash. The crash also hospitalized two other Norton women, including Pina's mother, Sandra Ouellette.

Pina recently finished fifth grade at the H.A. Yelle School in Norton, according to a release from the Norton Public Schools. She was scheduled to attend Norton Middle School in September.

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She was also a member of Cheer Nation, a cheerleading program based in Stoughton.

"Our hearts are broken for her family and her extended families at Cheer Nation and Cheer Factor, at this very difficult time," a release from Cheer Nation states.

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"Angel Pina was a caring, kind hearted member of our junior level 1 team at Cheer Nation. She will be greatly missed. She loved the sport of cheerleading and enjoyed meeting all of the athletes in her new cheer family," Erica Carbonneau, coach of Cheer Nation, wrote in an email.

Pina is remembered as an "Angel on Earth" and as an "Angel in Heaven," a young girl with a "kind heart and passion for all star cheerleading."

Cheer Nation will be holding an open tumble on Friday, July 20 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. where all donations will be presented to the Pina family.

All are welcome to this event, which will take place at 378 Page Street, Unit 12, in Stoughton.

There will be food, drinks, snacks, baked items, Cheer Apparel and Bling Apparel, Custom “Angel” Bows, a DJ, a Balloon Table, a Stella and Dot Horseshoe Charms table, a dank tank and plenty of raffles.

In addition to a scratch ticket board and a 50/50 raffle, raffle items will include:

An Insignia 50 inch television donated on behalf of Best Buy; Red Sox tickets; free weekend getaway at the Hyannis Marriott; numerous salon gift cards; D’Angelo gift card; Dunkin Donuts gift cards; Starbucks gift cards; pizza gift cards; Target gift cards; iTunes gift card; Panera gift card; a variety of restaurant gift certificates; half hour private cheer lessons; free oil change; car detail gift card; Maddie Gardner gift basket she personally donated; Fancy Face Cosmetics gift basket; Au Bon Pain gift card; Stop and Shop gift certificates; Corners Pizza gift cards in Holbrook; Sonicare Toothbrush; Chili’s gift card; Walgreens gift card; Showcase Cinema gift card; Christmas Tree Shop gift card; Workout World gift card; Shaw’s gift card; Plaster Fun Time gift card; Bella Hair Design gift card; gift basket filled with All Star Gym shirts and w/Jags shirt signed by Kelsey and Toni of World Cup; Candid Treasures Photography gift certificate; hammock with a stand; and gift certificates to Cibo Matto Ristorante in Mansfield. 

Cheer Factor will also be holding open tumble fundraisers in Foxboro, Taunton and Hanover on the same date. 

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