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He is also a cancer survivor.

At the age of 2, Espinoza was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a common cancer found mostly in children.

His grandmother also died of cancer, and when he was younger he saw other cancer-stricken children relapse and die around, he said.

“You can’t measure how personal [the cancer relay] is,” he said.

Robert Hovanisian, a film major and another ASO member, volunteered in Relay for Life Saturday for the second time. His grandmother and grandfather both died due to cancer in addition to a few other relatives, he said.

“I want to come out and support the cause,” he said.

When asked if he’d be walking or running in the event, he laughed, “It’s too hot for running,”

Contributing: Lior Haykeen

Congressional candidates hosted at town hall meeting

Michaia Hernandez mhernandez.roundupnews@gmail.com

The Pierce College campus was the venue for five congressional candidates to meet with their constituents.

The candidates, who are hopefuls for California’s 30th congressional district, represented the Democratic, Green, and Republican parties.

For full coverage of the event, visit theroundupnews.com.

After paying the bills from the fund-raiser, which sum up to around $4,000, Shapiro knows that he will have at least $17,000 of profit from the event, he said.

Though the annual event was free, the department requested each attendee to donate $5 at the entrance to help pay for animal feed and tractors, Carol Kozeracki, dean of research, planning and enrollment management, said.

Farm Walk offered activities including animal feeding, a petting zoo, a pie-eating contest, face painting and horse shows that were located throughout the farm.

“We had a full and solid crowd until 3 p.m. from the information booth at the entrance all the way to the sheep unit,” Shapiro said. “I couldn’t even get my car through the people.”

With the $17,000 in profit, Shapiro plans to maintain four to five pastures, which will not only cut down animal feed cost by half, but would provide animals the opportunity to walk around pastures more often, he said.

So far this semester, the farm has received around $200,000 in donations.

Shapiro said that he is saving $150,000 of these donations for student labor during the next three years.