Cookies for Kids' Cancer Bake Sale September 7, 2012

Want a sweet way to strike back at pediatric cancer? Join Richmonders on Sept. 8 for the “3rd Annual City-Wide Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Bake Sale.” Proceeds benefit the national nonprofit founded by former Richmonder Gretchen Holt Witt that supports research for new and improved therapies for pediatric cancers.

Those wishing to support the cause can’t go wrong by heading to Carytown on September 8. Richmond’s “Mile of Style” will once again serve as the anchor location for the Richmond sale. Bake sales will be held from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Kroger, Ellwood Thompson, Dogma, Need Supply Company, World of Mirth and a “drive-thru bake sale” at Dixie Donuts, across from the Byrd Theatre.

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was founded by parents inspired by their son’s fight against cancer. Today pediatric cancer remains the number one disease killer of children in the United States, due in large part to a lack of funding for research into new and improved therapies. Through the concept of local bake sales and online cookie sales, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer inspires individuals, organizations, and businesses to join in the fight against pediatric cancer by raising the funds and awareness necessary to change the facts of pediatric cancer and provide more families with the hope they deserve.