Bake sales are fun, right? You get to make something sweet and yummy, entice passers-by to sample your goods, watch your baked efforts turn into cash... well, you don't have to be a student or have a grade-school kid in order to host one. You can throw a bake sale for Cookies for Kids' Cancer, and organization that raises money for pediatric cancer research. Pediatric cancer is the number one disease killer of children in the U.S., yet research is severely underfunded.

Cookies for Kids' Cancer started with one enormous bake sale involving 250 vounteers and 96,000 cookies, raising more than $400,000. Now, local bake sales are held under the organization's banner to continue to raise funds and awareness. So if you want to gather some friends and host a good ol' fashioned bake sale for a good cause, start here. You'll find all the materials and instructions you need to get started.

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