A festive cookie tour with a heartfelt mission is coming to Bethlehem this holiday season, organized by a local mother-son team who turned their cancer journey into hope for others.<\/p>\n
Main Street Bethlehem will host \u201cCookies in the Christmas City<\/a>\u201d on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with proceeds benefiting pediatric cancer research.<\/p>\n The event was created by Sara Austin and her son Ben, a two-time cancer survivor who was first diagnosed with stage 3 Wilms tumor <\/a>at age 3\u00bd. After facing a relapse shortly after his initial diagnosis, Ben is now a healthy seventh grader who has been cancer-free for more than six years.<\/p>\n Together, the mother and son have raised tens of thousands of dollars for childhood cancer research.<\/p>\n For $25, participants receive a cookie tin and passport, then visit participating Main Street businesses to collect a cookie at each location. The tour includes stops at SonnyMoon, Moravian Book Shop, Seasons Olive Oil & Vinegar Taproom, Bethlehem Christmas Shoppe, Hand Cut Crystal, Paisley Sun, and Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe.<\/p>\n The event culminates at Dear Santa, where families can enjoy hot cocoa, meet Santa, take photos with Disney princess characters, and participate in holiday activities and raffle baskets.<\/p>\n All proceeds support Cookies for Kids\u2019 Cancer, a national nonprofit that has granted more than $23 million toward pediatric cancer research. The organization has funded over 140 research grants, leading to 60 new treatments for children battling cancer.<\/p>\n Tickets are available at the this link from Cookies in the Christmas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n Generative AI was used to organize information for this story, based on data provided by Cookies for Kids\u2019 Cancer. It was reviewed and edited by lehighvalleylive.com staff. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A festive cookie tour with a heartfelt mission is coming to Bethlehem this holiday season, organized by a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-28683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}