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Registration open for Hollister High run fundraiser to help child with cancer

Hollister High School has registration still open for anyone wanting to help a 5-year-old with cancer.

hollister high school’s student population is over capacity.
hollister high school’s student population is over capacity.
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Registration open for Hollister High run fundraiser to help child with cancer

Hollister High School has registration still open for anyone wanting to help a 5-year-old with cancer.

Hollister High School has registration open for anyone wanting to help a 5-year-old with cancer.Rubi Melendez recently turned 5 years old and spent her birthday fighting T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, said Zara Hassan, a community affairs officer on ASB at Hollister High School.Rubi is currently at Stanford Children’s Lucile Packard, receiving treatment."She will undergo chemotherapy treatment for the next two-and-a-half years," Hassan said.Hassan said that the school picks a beneficiary for a fundraiser every year. This year, they will host "Run for Rubi," a 5K run and walk and a mile fun run to help raise funds for Rubi.The fundraising goal is $25,000 for Rubi and her family to cover any expenses. You can sign up for the event, HERE. It is $30 to enter the 5K run and 25 to enter the mile fun run. Both runs will be held on May 11 starting at 8:30 a.m.

Hollister High School has registration open for anyone wanting to help a 5-year-old with cancer.

Rubi Melendez recently turned 5 years old and spent her birthday fighting T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, said Zara Hassan, a community affairs officer on ASB at Hollister High School.

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Rubi is currently at Stanford Children’s Lucile Packard, receiving treatment.

"She will undergo chemotherapy treatment for the next two-and-a-half years," Hassan said.

Hassan said that the school picks a beneficiary for a fundraiser every year. This year, they will host "Run for Rubi," a 5K run and walk and a mile fun run to help raise funds for Rubi.

The fundraising goal is $25,000 for Rubi and her family to cover any expenses.

You can sign up for the event, HERE. It is $30 to enter the 5K run and 25 to enter the mile fun run. Both runs will be held on May 11 starting at 8:30 a.m.