Albion turns senior prank into fundraiser for mother of 14

Dawn Hollenbeck has started chemo for lymphoma

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ALBION – Members of the Albion senior class had their “prank” on Thursday, but didn’t get into any mischief. Instead seniors stopped teachers and other visitors and asked for donations to park in the school lots.

The top photo shows one of their signs, and seniors Gideon Pask and Neveya Barnes.

The fundraiser took in $1,125.80 for the family of Dawn Hollenbeck, a mother of 14 who has been diagnosed with large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stage 3. One of her children is Victoria Hollenbeck, an Albion senior. Mrs. Hollenbeck also has 11 grandchildren.

This group of seniors includes, from left: Victoria Hollenbeck, Abby Kincaid, Julia Button and Aubrey Gannon.

Dawn Hollenbeck started chemotherapy treatments last week. She and her husband Brian are long-time Albion residents.

Dawn worked for many years at Burger King and most recently at Taco Bell.

Her husband is disabled. He previously owned a pest extermination business.

The students were praised for rallying around the mother of a classmate.

There is a GoFundMe set up for the Hollenbeck family and additional fundraisers are being planned.

Hanna Kumalac, left, and Nisi Beltran Roblero helped with the fundraiser on Thursday.