Who doesn’t like cookies?
The Front Porch, based in Suttons Bay, has teamed up with a national company, OXO, to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. The Front Porch will be hosting a bake sale and donating proceeds to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, a non-profit organization that raises funds to support research for therapies for pediatric cancers.
The Front Porch event will be held Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was founded in 2007 by two OXO employees who were inspired by their son’s battle with cancer. The concept originated when they decided to hold a larger-than-life bake sale to raise money to help fund a pediatric cancer treatment in development. That December, 250 volunteers helped make and sell 96,000 cookies in just three weeks, raising over $400,000. Since then, local bake sales all over the country have helped raised more than $2.5 Million for pediatric cancer research.
The cause hit close to home for the owners of The Front Porch, who have a nephew living with cancer and friends with a recently diagnosed child.
"It is our sincere hope that our partnership serves to build an even broader awareness for this great cause founded by two of our own employees," says Alex Lee, president of OXO. "With help from communities everywhere, we can raise the funds and awareness necessary to change the face of pediatric cancer research forever."
Since the beginning, OXO employees and retailers have donated their personal time baking cookies and holding bake sales. This year OXO will donate up to $100,000 in support of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer through the sale of limited edition “Good Cookie” Spatulas, available at The Front Porch in addition to other fund-raising efforts. To support The Front Porch’s local efforts, OXO has also donated special prizes to be raffled off at the Suttons Bay, MI Bake Sale.
For more information on how you can support this event or to provide bake goods please
email The Front Porch.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Alex Lee, OXO
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