Courtesy Grace Xiao

Courtesy Grace Xiao

Courtesy Grace Xiao ( 1 /3)

In elementary school, a group of friends in Montgomery County, Maryland, decided they wanted to volunteer to help kids with childhood cancer.

Now, they’re seniors in high school and they’ve recruited a large group across many schools.

“I just think that like volunteering gives so much growth,” said 17-year-old Grace Xiao, a senior at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda.

Xiao said it started years ago, when the group was in fifth grade; the kids got together to help with a gift drive for the Super Joey Foundation. The foundation provides free gifts for children to pass the time in the hospital.

“We actually ended up getting a ton of donations,” Xiao said. “They put these cardboard boxes at the library, and they actual

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