A fundraiser on Saturday aims to help a Casa Grande firefighter battle the expenses he's facing in his recovery from prostate cancer.
A car wash begins at 8 a.m. Saturday behind 3G Flowers, 200 E. Florence Blvd., to help firefighter Pete Benzing, who was diagnosed with cancer in October and underwent surgery and cancer treatment.
Although he's back at work now at Station 501 in Casa Grande, he is still struggling with medical expenses and is involved in a legal fight to have the cancer deemed job-related and covered by workers' compensation benefits. "I'm the first in the department to go through this fight to get my cancer diagnosis deemed a job-related illness," Benzing said. "By doing this, I hope to make it easier for the next one to come along to get compensation when they're sick so they can focus on their families and getting healthy."