Kids Helping Kids

Kids are raising big money for St. Baldrick's Foundation.

In the Doherty family kitchen, Kate, 8, sat at the table, her feet just touching the floor. She swung them slightly as she talked, a bit nervous maybe, and looked at a picture of her cousin, Ben. In it, a young boy smiles in pajamas, head shaved to a buzz. The picture is one of the last taken of Ben, who passed away earlier this year as Kate was raising money for St. Baldrick's—a charitable organization that raises money for children's cancer research. When she touches her own shaved head, she thinks of him, Kate said. This year, Kate raised $3,357 to help other kids like her cousin. When she shaved her head this March at the Just Irish Enough fundraiser for St. Baldrick's at The Max, she held his picture. "The shaving was the easy part," …

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