I love reading stories about people of all ages who are doing amazing things to help others. For today’s blog post, I wanted to share what 10-year-old Dana Parella is doing and ask that you share her story with your children. I pray that you and your children are inspired to help others!

Dana’s exceptional journey began when she was 7 years old, and her friend Mila got ill with a rare, life-threatening disease called Batten. Dana was devastated and spoke with her mother about what she could do to help. Since they loved to cook together, they decided to bake cookies and sell them to raise money. They started their fundraiser baking the cookies and Dana selling them from her little red wagon. People were so inspired by her and joined her. They were able to eventually raise $56,000! That money was used for Mila’s first treatment.

They turned the fundraiser into a nonprofit, Cookies4Cures. To date, they have funded research for five pediatric diseases. Her and her friends have baked over 18,000 cookies and raised over $100,000! Her slogan is “We fund hope one cookie at a time.”

To learn more about Dana and her wonderful nonprofit, please visit https://www.cookies4cures.com/