4-year-old boy raises nearly $500 with lemonade stand to help fight brain cancer

Friday, June 7, 2019
HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. -- A 4-year-old Harnett County boy started a lemonade stand to help raise money in honor of 5-year-old Ila Haskin.
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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.
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