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Fundraiser set for Alex Arrieta, 10, who is fighting cancer

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Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts student Alex Arrieta, 9, gets caught up on classwork with after-school tutoring session with teacher Sandra Walsh on on Dec. 9, 2015. Alex had missed a lot of school after he was diagnosed with leukemia in February and began chemotherapy that month. Alex, now 10, celebrated the holidays cancer-free but the Hilton Head Island boy's family learned the cancer has returned.
Hilton Head Island School for the Creative Arts student Alex Arrieta, 9, gets caught up on classwork with after-school tutoring session with teacher Sandra Walsh on on Dec. 9, 2015. Alex had missed a lot of school after he was diagnosed with leukemia in February and began chemotherapy that month. Alex, now 10, celebrated the holidays cancer-free but the Hilton Head Island boy's family learned the cancer has returned. Jay Karr jkarr@islandpacket.com

The popular "Despicable Me" movie will be shown for free Saturday to help raise money for Alex Arrieta, a 10-year-old Hilton Head Island boy who has cancer.

Park Plaza Cinema on Hilton Head will show the animated film at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Admission is free but donations are being accepted at the door to help Alex's family while he undergoes treatment for acute myeloid leukemia at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Details: Vanessa Leite at 843-715-0479 or parkplazacinemaops@gmail.com

Alex's father, Brandon Arrieta, also reports that Alex is nearing his goal of collecting 1,000 stuffed toy lambs to distribute to children with cancer. For more on that project, go to www.lambsforlife.org.

This story was originally published February 3, 2016 at 11:39 AM with the headline "Fundraiser set for Alex Arrieta, 10, who is fighting cancer."

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