Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officer Brett Freligh has been in remission from Clear Cell Sarcoma for eight years. Recently, it has returned, leading to Freligh getting radiation and chemotherapy treatments at Roswell Park in Buffalo, but along the way Freligh has also had several mini strokes and lost all feeling from the waste down, leaving him paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

The benefit for Freligh is set for Nov. 22 at the Mayville American Legion, 144 S. Erie St., from noon to 6 p.m. The benefit includes a $10 spaghetti dinner, bake sale by Something Sweet By Amber, live music and a basket raffle. The music will include Ion Sky from noon to 2 p.m., and Swamp Yankees from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The basket raffle will include a signed Josh Allen Buffalo Bills jersey and other items.

Freligh has been a corrections officer since 2011 and has a wife who was his high school sweetheart when he was in school at Sherman Central School, along with two children and a first grandchild on the way.

Sashene Bargar is helping to organize the benefit has been a friend of Freligh’s since high school as well as working with Freligh as a corrections officer at the jail since 2003.

Pictured is Brett Freligh, a Corrections Officer with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department who is currently fighting Clear Cell Sarcoma

“Corrections officers are tight,” Bargar said. “We’re a family. We know what Brett’s family means to him. His wife is his high school sweetheart and he has two children and his daughter just married another one of our corrections officers. Their first grandchild is on the way, and we want to help make sure he is still here to meet his first grandchild.”

Bargar has also organized a Go Fund Me for Freligh and his family, which can be found at www.gofundme.com/f/support-officer-brett-frelighs-critical-health-journey. She said they are trying to save a life and help the family with any expenses they can, as Freligh is currently not working and Bargar said she did not think he was currently on disability either, adding that there are only so many sick days he is given and that she believed he was almost out of those as well.

“Brett is just a genuine, good-hearted, honest person,” Bargar said. “He’s one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met. His family is amazing. Good people deserve good things and he has a family at the sheriff’s office as well. We just want to support him.”

For more information on the benefit and Go Fund Me, visit the Benefit For Brett Freligh Facebook event page.

Brett Freligh is pictured with his family. A benefit for Freligh is set to be held at the end of November. Submitted photo