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<a href="http://cravenmaven.com/2011/03/cookies-for-kids-cancer-call-to-action/">Earlier this year</a>, I blogged about a wonderful charity called Cookies for Kids Cancer. The charity was started by Gretchen Witt - a mother whose young boy Liam had cancer. The premise was simple - encourage as many as possible to host cookie bake sales and use the proceeds to fund new treatments for all types of pediatric cancer.

The story is equal parts inspiring as it is sobering. I have an immense soft-spot for children and the idea of an ill child breaks my heart. But the resilience and optimism that many children hold when they are unwell, is a lesson for young and old.

September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness month. Oxo, a supporter of Cookies for Kids cancer are offering to match fundraising up to $100,000.

You can do your part in so many ways from hosting a bake sale, buying an OXO <a href="http://www.oxogoodcookies.com/cookie_spatula">"Good Cookie"</a> Spatula, or sending a <a href="http://www.oxogoodcookies.com/virtual_cookie">Virtual Cookie</a> on Facebook. Here at craven maven, i've decided to help you help CfkC with five days of cookie chronicles and suggestions for fundraising ideas. Part I...is coming to you shortly!