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Veteran walks from Austin to San Antonio to raise support for child's cancer treatment

The child's family started a donation page with the goal of raising $25,000 toward treatment

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Marine veteran Jim Hickey walked from Austin to San Antonio to share the story of a girl's battle with cancer.

After an 11-day journey, he finished on Sunday, he met his family at a firehouse off I-35 in Government Hill.

His cancer walk is aimed at raising awareness for children who are battling cancer. Stella is the youngest of seven and was diagnosed with a rare type of brain cancer. She was most recently diagnosed with a second type of cancer.

Her family started a donation page to pay for treatment with the goal of raising $25,000.

โ€œThe donations arenโ€™t coming in as much as I would hope so Iโ€™m hoping that people see this and see this story about her and help her family and help her beat her brain cancer,โ€ Hickey said.

More information on how to support Stella's journey can be found here.

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