Cecily Eklund likes to help people, and she’s using her experiences as a kid with cancer to raise money for other families in the same situation.
Since being diagnosed with brain cancer at age six, Cecily has raised more than $86,000 for charity and she is hoping to raise another $10,000 before her 10th birthday in March.
“For Cecily, I think giving back is healing,” her mother, Cathy Eklund, said. “It lets her comprehend what she’s gone through and do something about it that’s very positive.”
“Not all kids feel inclined to help other people, not all adults feel inclined to help other people, so to have a child inspire you to be a better person as a parent, as an adult, it’s really magical.”
Cecily’s fundraising started with selling weighted dolls and stuffed dogs for kids in hospitals, which Cecily made herself and were safe for kids to take …