Community compassion needed

The parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church of Westlake Village is seeking the community’s compassion and assistance in helping the family of Kelly Tedjasaputra, 41, of Oak Park, who is ill with terminal cancer.

Kelly and her husband Jim have four children, ages 3-14; their oldest son, Vincent, is a freshman at Oak Park High School. The Tedjasaputras are Indonesian immigrants with no other family members living in the U.S.

To help defray some of the family’s medical expenses and loss of income, the St. Max congregation has organized the following fundraising events to benefit the Tedjasaputra Family Fund:

Sun., Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: St. Max Choir Family Haircut-a-Thon at Karizma Hair Studio, 780 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. (Heritage Plaza).

Sun., Nov. 5 at 2:30 p.m.: Young Artists Ensemble will present a children’s theatre performance, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in the Forum Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Tickets are $20; for tickets call Aggie Winston at (805) 373-1440.

Community donations can be made to: checks payable to The Tedjasaputra Family, Attn: Mary Victoria, City National Bank, 2655 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361.

For more information, please call Monsignor Peter O’Reilly at (818) 991-3915, ext