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Ila died last Thursday after a battle with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma -- an aggressive terminal brain cancer
"We're going to give it to science so no more kids get sick anymore," said Caiden Hampton.
Caiden and his mom, Amber, started a lemonade stand Thursday morning.
They sold lemonade for $1 a cup and ended up raising nearly $500.
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Amber told ABC11 there's a lesson in this for her son.
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"He is capable of anything he puts his mind to," she said. "I don't want anyone to tell him that doing something little won't make a difference."
Amber plans to submit the money to the childhood cancer foundation this weekend.