A group of children in Plainville spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating a day of service by selling hot chocolate for a cure.
The young entrepreneurs weathered the bitterly cold day by warming hearts and selling hot chocolate on East Broad Street. The sweetest part wasn’t the drink, but that every dollar donated went to a good cause.
“I am selling hot chocolate for cancer,” explained 5-year-old Hannah Baczewsky.
Ethan Casinghino, who is 7, came up with the idea.
“To raise money to help the kids that have cancer,” said Ethan.
He wanted to spend the day off outside doing some good. His school, St. Joseph School in Bristol is already raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, so a hot chocolate stand seemed like the perfect way to raise even more.
“We thought what a wonderful cause to pair the two. So any donations we are getting from the hot chocolate stand are going directly to that society,” said Ethan’s mom, Allison Casinghino.
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While Allison and the other parents helped, NBC Connecticut brought in some backup in the form of Snow Monster.
"Awesome! And cool!” Ethan said.
After a quick tour, a dance party and of course a mention on the morning news, the hot chocolate line started forming.
Children from down the street, to even people from other towns, came for a cup of cocoa. Sandy Sorel-Leduc stopped by from Bristol.
“I actually saw it on TV and came out to get some, just to support the kids,” said Sorel-Leduc.
Connecticut State Police Trooper Casey Cistulli and his fiancé, Madison Lenci, wanted to help too. They said meeting the “Beast of the Northeast” was a bonus.
“We saw that Snow Monster was here so we figured we would just drive on down,” said Lenci.
“We are a huge fan of Snow Monster,” said Cistulli.
Fans, neighbors, and friends all come together to raise more than $200 dollars to help cure cancer.
“Do good and hopefully good comes back to you,” said Allison.
Kids teaching us all that the true cure for a cold day is a monster amount of good.
