5-year-old's lemonade stand raising money for cancer patients
BATON ROUGE - A 5-year-old cancer survivor set up shop on Sunday to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Madison Hussein raised $15,000 last year at her annual lemonade stand in support of the hospital that took care of her when she had Ganglioneuroblastoma, a tumor above her left kidney
"St. Jude is so wonderful. They helped us so much as a family as a whole. They not only helped us with her, but they helped save her life," said mom Andrea Hussein.
She hopes to help other families fighting illness at the hospital, whose mission is "to advance cures and means of prevention for pediatric catastrophic diseases," according to their website.
The Hussein family said this event is all about celebrating life and appreciating every day.
"It ends up being a celebration rather than a difficult time. We're not sitting here going over the tragedies. We're sitting here going over our blessings that we have," her dad, Jason, said.
For more information or to donate to Madison's cause, click here.