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(l-r) is Andrea Collins, Youth Volunteer Award recipient and Arleen Uria-Speed, Regional Operations Director for American Cancer Society.
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Andrea L. Collins, of Palmetto Bay, received the Youth Volunteer Award from the American Cancer Society.
The award was presented to Collins for her efforts to bring recognition and support for cancer victims. Collins founded Caps4Cancers and collects caps, hats, and funding for patients fighting cancer and undergoing treatment.
The foundation, Caps4Cancers, was founded by Andrea Collins two years ago when she was 16 years old and a sophomore in high school in Miami. She had the idea when she was made aware of one of the side-effects of cancer treatment, losing one’s hair, and realized how that might impact the self-esteem of a patient. She decided to begin to collect caps and hats to donate to the patients for this reason and also as a protection from exposure from the sun and the damage that might create.
Collins is a resident of Palmetto Bay and student at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy.
