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title: "Union Leader: Fundraiser to Benefit Families Affected by Circus Tent Collapse"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/be87a715-af57-4508-ab44-f611732ed5fc
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/union-leader-fundraiser-to-benefit-families-affected-by-circus-tent-collapse-2327
category: "General"
published: 2015-08-21T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:36.593Z
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# Union Leader: Fundraiser to Benefit Families Affected by Circus Tent Collapse

**TL;DR:** Local Wireless Zone employees will host a fundraiser to support two of their workers affected by a circus tent collapse. The fundraiser will offer food, games, and a chance to meet cage fighter Jesse "The Barbarian" Baughman at the Littleton Wireless Zone.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-08-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/union-leader-fundraiser-to-benefit-families-affected-by-circus-tent-collapse-2327).*

## Story

Local Wireless Zone employees will host a fundraiser on Saturday, August 22, to support two of its workers in the wake of the August 3 circus tent collapse at the nearby Lancaster Fairgrounds.

The tent accident affected everyone at the Littleton Wireless Zone, where Chris Beattie, who is victim Robert Young’s stepbrother, and his nephew Rob Beliveau, both work.

The fundraiser will offer food, balloons, games and a chance to meet cage fighter Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman at the Littleton Wireless Zone. Seven area locations will donate $18 to the Young family for each phone sold. There will also be donation cans set up at all seven stores for those who wish to contribute but who aren’t buying a phone.

“All of our employees are like family,” said Wireless Zone Manager Tina Dodge, who recalled that she got a call from Beattie soon after the tent collapse informing her of the accident.

Beattie said his sister-in-law and surviving niece are “in the healing process” and thanked his employer and colleagues for their kindness to him, Beliveau and their families.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Wireless Zone (company)
- fundraiser (topic)
- employee support (topic)
- circus tent collapse (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/union-leader-fundraiser-to-benefit-families-affected-by-circus-tent-collapse-2327). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/be87a715-af57-4508-ab44-f611732ed5fc).