Asheville Macaroni Kid is sponsoring a bake sale for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer
Proceeds go to Children’s Cancer Research
Will you help?
September 27, 2014, 11am-3pm
Dancing Bear Toys, 518 Kenilworth Rd
More about Cookies for Kids’ Cancer
Here are a few facts that will tug at your heart...
- 40,000 children are battling cancer right now in the US
- 13,500 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the US
- In the next 3 minutes, a family will be told, "Your child has cancer."
- 80% is the combined average 5-year survival rate for all pediatric cancers
- There are more than a dozen major types of childhood cancers
- 2/3 of childhood cancer survivors suffer long-term side effects...a result of the treatments that "cured" them
- Less than 4% of the National Cancer Institutes budget goes to ALL pediatric cancers combined
- 2 (that's right only 2) The number of childhood cancer drugs the FDA has approved in the past 20 years
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity raising money for pediatric cancer research through local bake sales. It was founded by a very determined mother to help increase her young son’s odds in his fight against cancer.
As moms we all know children are our most precious resource so why wouldn’t we do everything in our power to keep them safe? I am reaching out to you - asking for your help. We need homemade cookies, cupcakes, nut breads etc for our bake sale. Favorite snack mixes of your child…(check out the recipes on the boxes of Chex cereals) would be a welcome addition also. We also need a few moms with kids that would be willing to help us on the day of the sale. If you can help please email me at sandym@macaronikid.com and I will get back with you.
We’re in this fight because every child battling cancer deserves a fighting chance. I hope you will join my efforts and be a good cookie.
