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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The assemblage of Fresno is coming unneurotic Saturday to assistance rise funds for a section pupil battling cancer.
Andrew Lopez says helium met Sunnyside High School Student Gabriel Garcia Jr. backmost successful December to uplift his spirits arsenic helium undergoes attraction for cancer.
"[Gabriel] was starting to get stronger, starting to get better, but precocious I conjecture the doc is saying helium is having a crab that is chemo resistant," said Lopez, who is simply a Sergeant astatine Arms with the Warriors of Faith Ministry.
The caller attraction Gabriel needs is simply a batch much costly, which is wherefore Lopez is joining galore others successful the assemblage to assistance rise funds.
West Coast Inc. BarbershopSaturday's fundraiser astatine Sunnyside High School volition person everything from taco plates, car washes, and adjacent haircuts.
Hector Arenas, proprietor of West Coast Inc. Barbershop, says helium volition retired astatine the lawsuit giving escaped haircuts to attendees and accepting donations, with the afloat proceeds going towards Gabriel. Arenas encourages different barbers who would similar to assistance to reach retired to him via societal media.
Eric Garcia, Youth Pastor astatine the Alter Worship Centre, says anyone and everyone who shows up volition marque a quality successful Gabriel's and his family's lives.
"We're good connected to his ma and his dad, and we conscionable privation to basal alongside them and beryllium successful this combat with them. So immoderate it takes and immoderate we raise, I judge that it's going to assistance them much than wherever they're astatine close present financially," Garcia said.
Despite the condition Gabriel is in, organizers accidental it has not breached his spirit.
"My sons his property are like, 'Dad is helium truly battling crab due to the fact that helium don't enactment similar he's going done anything,' and I'm conscionable like, 'Man, that's conscionable the kid helium is,'" Garcia said.
"Even though he's successful a batch of pain, helium inactive keeps a grin connected his face, he's inactive joking astir with us— he's precise affirmative adjacent though he's going done thing that's truly hard for him close now," Lopez said.
Anyone who would similar to assistance Gabriel and his household tin caput to Sunnyside High School connected Saturday, June 28, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
