Mississippi 7-year-old uses Day of Service to raise hope, money
Carter Wells, a member of the Biloxi Ward in the Gulfport Mississippi Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wanted to do something to help his friend with cancer, but what?
Then the idea hit him. He had heard about the LDS Church's Day of Service coming up in April in the southeastern United States. He would collect pennies — lots of them — to help Lexi and her family.
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Lexi Moore and Carter Wells, both 7, visit in Biloxi, Miss. Carter's campaign has raised more than $2,100 for Lexi's cancer treatments.
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