(CNN) An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others fighting cancer. Lilly Bumpus, who has been a girl scout for four years, said she sold 32,484 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, crushing the previous record of roughly 26,000 boxes sold within three months. In an email statement to CNN, a spokesperson for the Girl Scouts of America said the organization applauds "Lilly's entrepreneurial efforts, awesome sales goal, and donations!" The Girl Scouts of America said it doesn't track official top cookie sellers at the national level. Bumpus' troop, which includes other childhood cancer survivors or family members of someone who has battled cancer, is allocating a majority of the funds they raised toward cancer research and feeding the homeless.

Source: CNN April 02, 2021 00:03 UTC