RACINE An alumni basketball tournament fundraiser for Jermaine Sheppard, a 30-year-old Racine native who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, will be held at 6 p.m. July 21 at the George Bray Center, 924 Center St. Admission is $2.

Alumni from Park and Horlick high schools will compete, and then alumni from St. Catherines and Case high schools will compete. Caron Butler, a small forward for the Los Angeles Clippers and a Racine native, will be in attendance.

Sheppard and the Rev. Walter Hermanns, a pastor emeritus at Holy Communion Lutheran Church who has also been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, will share their stories as a way to encourage others with chronic illness.

A raffle will be held. Tickets will cost $2.

Proceeds from the raffle and a portion of the proceeds from admission will go to Sheppard to help him pay for medical bills.

Donations can also be made to the Jermaine Sheppard Benefit Fund at Educators Credit Union, 1400 Newman Road.

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Alumni basketball fundraiser for man with multiple sclerosis