9-year-old’s Christmas cards raise money for charity

A nine-year-old Charlottetown boy has raised hundreds of dollars for charity this Christmas season, selling handmade cards off a table at the end of his driveway.

Jack Rowell hopes that his Christmas card sales will inspire others to raise money for charity. (CBC)

Jack Rowell is selling the cards for $1 each.

"I didn't expect a lot, but at least, probably 50," Jack told CBC News Tuesday.

Jack did better than he expected, delivering a check for $265 to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Jack's mother Tanya Rowell said the fundraising idea was entirely his own.

"Jack's a very thoughtful boy and has always had a big heart," said Rowell.

Jack Rowell raised $265 for the Canadian Cancer Society with his Christmas card sales. (CBC)

"Usually this time of year we ask the children to do something charitable, but we hadn't gotten to that point yet. So I think I was astounded by, he had come up with this by himself."

"A lot of people, like my grandpa, died of cancer," said Jack.

"I just didn't want other people to die of it. I wanted them to have a good Christmas."

While Rowell was astounded by her son's thoughtfulness, the Canadian Cancer Society's Jane Farquharson said she was not too surprised.

Jack Rowell is selling the cards for $1 each. (CBC)

"People in general underestimate children," said Farquharson.

"We underestimate what they think about and how deep their thoughts are. I think it's not surprising that a child like Jack came forward,"

Jack hopes his story will inspire others.

"I hope that it's going to get other people to do that and say, 'Hey, that's really nice. Maybe I should do that.'  And so pretty much everybody in the whole world who has cancer will be cured," he said.

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