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Rebel Robotics welcomes South High graduate and JZips founder Jordan Harouche

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Rebel Robotics welcomed South High graduate and JZips founder Jordan Harouche, who spoke with students about his non-profit and thanked the team for their recent donation of t-shirts. JZips are functional zipper shirts designed especially for young cancer patients to make accessing medical ports fast and easy during chemotherapy treatments. Jordan's organization has provided hundreds of JZips to young patients, free of charge, in kid-friendly designs that bring a small sense of fun and normalcy to the situation.

Originally posted at gnsrobotics.com

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