Join Macaroni Kid Cranston/Kent and Dream Big Gymnastics for a Family Fun Day and Cookies for Kids' Cancer Bake Sale. THIS SATURDAY, January 14th from 2:30pm - 4:30pm.  All ages welcome!

There will also raffle items from local businesses, all proceeds will go to Cookies for Kids' Cancer!  

Kids and adults can run around and play in the gym (for FREE)! They have balance beams, bars to swing on, rings, a giant swing, a trampoline and much more! You can check out the fitness classes for the adults too.

Be sure to come hungry, there will be LOTS of yummy baked goods for sale and some other snacks courtesy of popchips and Zevia!

You can just show up or RSVP here!  Dream Big Gymnastics is located at 41 Comstock Parkway, Cranston.

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity raising money for pediatric cancer research through local bake sales. It was founded by a very determined mother to help increase her young son’s odds in his fight against cancer. In late 2007, she had the idea to bake cookies to sell during the holidays. Her small idea became a huge movement with 96,000 cookies baked and sold during a three-week period with the help of more than 250 dedicated volunteers. Her bake sale raised more than $400,000. During that massive bake sale she realized people want to get involved and help, they just need a way to do so. So Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was created.

If you are wondering why there is a need to raise money for pediatric cancer research, it might come as a surprise that pediatric cancer is the number one disease killer in the U.S. of children under the age of 18. In fact, it kills more children than asthma, AIDS, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis combined. Unfortunately, pediatric cancer receives a very small percentage of the National Cancer Institute’s $4.8 billion annual budget and almost no research and development dollars from pharmaceutical companies. 

Every dollar counts and every dollar makes a difference. Research funding has made a direct and measurable impact on the survival rates of pediatric cancer. If children are our most precious resource, why wouldn’t we do everything in our power to keep them safe? It’s our responsibility and obligation to protect them and our future.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. As the mother whose idea it was to create Cookies for Kids’ Cancer says, “If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes the world to fight pediatric cancer.” We’re in this fight because every child battling cancer deserves a fighting chance. I hope you too will join our efforts and be a good cookie.