Teenage hero: 14-year-old girl raises funds for cancer patients


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Ohlson-Ellis, now 14, has raised US$9,600 (RM39, 744) for NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Kellogg Cancer Center through her sale of lemonade and cookies. Photo: 123rf.com

At the end of fourth grade, Olivia Ohlson-Ellis’ mom, Virginia Ohlson, was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was caught early through a mammogram, and she had a double mastectomy and chemotherapy in the summer of 2017 to remove the cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes.

It was that summer, at 10 years old, that Ohlson-Ellis took her aspirations to run a lemonade stand and made them a reality.

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