Cookies4SLC6A1

Hi, I’m Dana, I'm 11 years old, and I’m the founder of Cookies4Cures, a nonprofit run by kids, for kids. It empowers kids to make an impact on the rare diseases that impact them, their family, and friends by baking and selling cookies to fund research. When a kid has a rare disease with no treatment and no cure, research is hope. Cookies4Cures funds hope, one cookie at a time.

I am super excited to team up with Amber Freed and SLC6A1 Connect in order to help the next generation of these "rare" kids fighting for their lives. Amber is the amazing mother of Maxwell, a sweet 4 year old with a horrible disease called SLC6A1, which causes seizures, learning disabilities, autism, and lifelong challenges.

Please join me in helping Maxwell and all his SLC6A1 friends in raising money to continue to give them the hope of research.

This is me with a huge stack of birthday boxes. In SLC6A1 Connect, birthdays are a big deal. Lots of families use birthdays as a time to fundraise. It's a way to celebrate this milestone and build hope for future milestones. I send a birthday box to each kid to make their special day just that much more awesome.

Each birthday box has a bag of homemade cookies, a tube of made-from-scratch frosting, a bag of sprinkles, and a little birthday wish.

This is Amber with Maxwell, his twin sister, Riley, and their dad [what's dad's name? whoops!] Amber founded SLC6A1 Connect to help Maxwell and all the kids like him find a cure for SLC6A1. So much has happened! Because of SLC6A1 Connect, there is a clinical trial for Maxwell's disease happening right now! We are really hoping that it helps Maxwell, but it won't be a cure. More research is needed. 

Please help us fund hope for Maxwell and all the SLC6A1 kids. Please donate to Cookies4SLC6A1 today! Thank you!


With hope, butter, and love,

Dana and Cookies4Cures