Funds raised for young baker battling cancer

PLAINFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Plainville residents are helping 1 of their ain woody with a resurgence of crab by making definite she tin inactive find enjoyment done her favourite hobby — baking.

Malia Jusczyk, 13, archetypal battled metastatic neuroblastoma 9 years agone and had been declared cancer-free — but earlier successful the twelvemonth she was diagnosed again.

“When she relapsed it was a truly large hit, it was similar the rug got pulled from nether her aft warring truthful hard to get wherever she was,” said Meg Jusczyk, Malia’s mother.

Malia said she misses her friends and playing soccer, and has turned to baking arsenic a mode of dealing with her diagnosis and treatments. And she’s turning retired prize-winning sweets, coming successful archetypal successful an online baking contention against adults.

“Baking ever get my caput disconnected things … that’s helpful, to get my caput disconnected this treatment,” Malia said.

And Plainville residents held a fundraiser for her Saturday astatine King Phillip Middle School, with fractional of the proceeds going to physique Malia her ain kitchen.

“She’s going to person her ain room successful her house, truthful she has a spot she tin spell and conscionable get distant from her parents and the worries of the satellite successful wide and conscionable spell to her blessed spot and cook immoderate she wants,” said Glen Jusczyk, Malia’s father. “It means the satellite to america close now.”

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