A new student club at Sobrato High School devoted to identifying and helping local disabled residents will host a fundraiser for a boy with a rare developmental syndrome at the Granada Theater Saturday.
The club, “A Lending Hand,” will bring dance and music performances, a raffle and singers to the downtown Morgan Hill theater in order to raise funds for Kevin Lopez-Rendon, a 7-year-old boy who suffers from DiGeorge Syndrome, according to club member Zuha Aslam, a junior at Sobrato High School.
DiGeorge Syndrome is a developmental disorder caused by a deletion of part of a chromosome. The disability results in the poor development of a number of body systems, characterized by heart defects, poor immune system function, blood defects and delayed behavioral and emotional development, according to the website mayoclinic.org.
The April 4 fundraiser, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m., will specifically raise funds to buy Lopez-Rendon a new wheelchair, Aslam said. The students hope to raise $2,500 for a new wheelchair.
“A Lending Hand” was just started at Sobrato this year, Aslam said. The club currently has about 10 members from the school’s student body.
Granada Theater is located at 17440 Monterey Road.
