At Baskin-Robbins, we’re captivated with happiness. That’s why we created the Baskin-Robbins Pint-Sized Heroes program to deliver smiles to youngsters who’re receiving care at hospitals throughout the nation and proceed to encourage pleasure of their communities. By the generosity of our franchisees, Workforce Members, companions and visitors, the Baskin-Robbins Pleasure in Childhood Basis is ready to present grants in honor of our Pint-Sized Heroes in order that they proceed to make an affect on different youngsters dealing with challenges of their communities. This month, we’re recognizing a Pint-Sized Hero who conjures up others to remain optimistic regardless of the challenges they might face. Preserve studying to be taught extra about our new Pint-Sized Hero, Lex.
Lex was recognized with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia on the age of 10. He went into remission after his first spherical of chemotherapy and finishing 10 months of intense therapy, earlier than shifting to over 2 years of month-to-month upkeep therapy. The therapies have been arduous on his physique and restricted his capacity to go to highschool and take part in his normal actions, however regardless of this set again, he claims he’ll reside identical to his blood kind and “B optimistic.” Lex amazes everybody round him together with his willpower, optimism, and deep perception within the larger plan for his life and is a crucial a part of the neighborhood at Kids’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Lex created a social media marketing campaign to lift cash to buy port shirts for inpatient youngsters receiving care on the similar hospital, which helped increase funds for youths combating most cancers and different life-threatening ailments. He has helped increase over $1million for native charities, has traveled to varied cities sharing his story, continues to attend occasions in and round Atlanta to share his story and assist Kids’s increase cash to deliver consciousness to pediatric most cancers, and even created his personal fundraising mission referred to as Most cancers Playing cards which offer reductions to native retailers and eating places and have helped herald almost $90,000 for Kids’s. Most lately, Lex was nominated as an Honorary Development Supervisor for the alternative hospital, Arthur M. Clean of Kids’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Baskin-Robbins is overjoyed to acknowledge Lex as a Pint-Sized Hero and to assist him in his mission of constructing the world a greater place. To pay it ahead, the Baskin-Robbins Pleasure in Childhood Basis is granting $31,000 in his identify to Kids’s Healthcare of Atlanta to make use of on youngster life programming. To indicate our gratitude to Lex, we’re treating him to a 12 months of free ice cream, so he can have fun each candy second with Baskin-Robbins!
To be taught extra about and assist the Pint-Sized Heroes program, go to https://joyinchildhoodfoundation.org/our-impact/baskin-robbins/ .