We want to tell you the story behind our Chocolate Oat Chip Cookies. The recipe we are using is from Cookies for Kids Cancer's fundraising cookbook. CKC is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for pediatric cancer research because so many children are diagnosed with different pediatric cancers each year. The founder of CKC lost her son at the age of 6 after a 4 year struggle with cancer. To raise money for research to try to help her son while he was still fighting the disease, she held a huge bake sale and this Chocolate Oat Chip Cookie was the main star. It is truly a wonderful chocolate chip cookie. Soft, chewy, and yet crisp around the edges and loaded with lots of semi sweet chocolate chips and a touch of oats. It is one very special cookie.
We are huge supporters of raising money for pediatric cancer treatments because John almost became one of the statistics when we found out he had a brain tumor 2 years ago. In our treatment journey for his non-malignant tumor, we have met several families who are in the fight of their lives with very young children going through incredibly tough treatments to wipe out their cancers. Some have had success, while others have had the ultimate loss. We did an online Facebook auction last year in September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, to gather donations for research to find better treatments and ultimately a cure for these cancers. We send those funds directly to the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's of Alabama Hospital. We are making that an annual event, but we thought it would be fitting to offer a cookie that would allow us to help out this cause a little more, so half our profits from the sales of the Chocolate Oat Chip Cookies will go towards this all year. It is our way of giving to those in need and expressing our thanks to God for what he has done for us. Our story could very easily have been a much harder one.
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