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Tanuki

(15,248 posts)
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 01:53 PM Sep 2021

4 year old raises $1300 to "fix broken 💔 s" after Waverly, TN flood

https://www.wkrn.com/news/4-year-old-raises-1300-to-fix-the-broken-hearts-after-waverly-flooding/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

"A four-year-old boy baked cookies to raise $1,300 for the victims of last month’s deadly flooding in Humphreys County.

Cade Avalon lives in the Burns community of Dickson County and came up with the idea to set up a cookie stand, selling the treats to collect donations.
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Cade’s mother told News 2 that she had visited Waverly a few times to assist the victims, and Cade asked to go along and “help the people with broken hearts.”

She said it would be too dangerous, so Cade decided a fundraiser would “help the damaged homes be rebuilt and fix the broken hearts.”

Cade, his mother and grandparents baked 200 cookies and sold them in their yard, collecting $1,300 to benefit the flooding victims."...(more)

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4 year old raises $1300 to "fix broken 💔 s" after Waverly, TN flood (Original Post) Tanuki Sep 2021 OP
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4 years old Deuxcents Sep 2021 #2

Deuxcents

(19,401 posts)
2. 4 years old
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 04:17 PM
Sep 2021

And has more compassion than some adults. He’s our future n I hope it’s bright for him. Good job, parents n family.

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