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Gilroy High Begins Fundraiser for Japanese Sister City

The Gilroy High Associated Student Body will raise money for Takko-Machi over the next two weeks.

The Associated Student Body at Gilroy High School will spend the next two weeks raising money for Takko-Machi, Gilroy's sister city in Japan.

“Help out Japan and our sister city Takko Machi! ASB will be collecting money for the next two weeks at lunch and in cans in classrooms to send to the relief efforts in Japan,” the school had on its Facebook profile Monday night.

Takko-Machi was spared much of the devastation that befell Japan after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocked the country’s East Coast on Friday. Yet,

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A robust exchange program between Gilroy and “The Garlic Capital of Japan” has existed for more than 20 years.


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