FiPS CARES: Kids' Cancer Charity Money Stolen

Mikey / Via Robicelli's Tumblr

You know what's cool? Helping raise money for kids with cancer. You know what's NOT COOL? When random strangers come along and steal that money. Cupcake haven Robicelli's recently posted this account on their blog: 

"This is Mikey. He’s the son of an old friend of Matt’s and the nephew of a friend of mine from high school.  He is five years old, loves Sesame Street, the color orange, and football.

Mikey has cancer.  He was diagnosed with an unidentifiable form that causes tumors to grow on his brain and spine, and although they’ve sent the pathology to everywhere from Memorial Sloan Kettering to Johns Hopkins, no one can figure out what the tumors are, or how to cure them."

Mikey's family has been working with an organization called St. Baldricks, which helps communities organize events to raise money to help kids with cancer. They're working on a fundraising drive to raise $20,000. Recently, some of that money was stolen: 

“Natalie, our Hope is in the (h)Air treasurer, was on the other line. Her dad was doing a great thing today. He was standing outside (in Donagan Hills, SI) collecting donations in a jug for our event, he had bags of stuffed animals and was manning a ‘Take a Toy, Make a Donation’ table! The jug was labeled & had Mikey’s picture on it so everyone knew where the money was going.

He went in the backyard to grab something for a minute and as he was coming out a woman in a car was stuffing both the bags of toys and the donation jug in her car! He started running but she pulled away too quickly! Then she had the nerve to, not only keep the toys and money but to throw the jug with Mikey’s picture and story and our event information out the window like it’s garbage.”

OK - shake your first and yell a few "WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK"s at your computer screen. All out of your system? Good, because here's what we can all do to help make back that money:

Donate to Mikey's fundraiser, Hope Is in the (h)Air, which honors three children, including Mikey, who have cancer. As of this post they have raised $12.5K of their $20K goal. Feel like shaving your head? You can also participate in the event, which is going down on September 17th at Rockaway Beach. 

Lots of local businesses have stepped up to help. Robicelli's at Dekalb Market are donating $.25 of each cupcake sale to the charity, and will feature one special cupcake per day whose profits will 100% go toward the charity. Nachos NY, La Newyorkina and Granola Lab are also donating profits. 

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