Holmdel Girl Sells Baked Goods At Community Day To Fight Cancer

IHOLMDEL, NJ — Last year, on March 10, Holmdel children Alexandria and Matthew Campillay, who are twins, lost their grandfather to pancreatic cancer.

"This past year has been very difficult on our family as we try to cope with our new 'norm,'" their mother, Maria Campillay, wrote to Patch.

Alexandria is determined to keep the memory of her beloved grandfather, Stefano DeSena, alive. She is continuing to raise as much money as she can to find a cure for pancreatic cancer. She will return to Holmdel Community Day again this Saturday with another bake sale table. Alexandria sold baked goods last year at Holmdel Community Day. Incredibly, she was able to raise over $7,000 last year total, and part of that came from money she made at her bake sale.

So far, Sugar Rush, Delicious Orchards and Dearborn Market all confirmed they will donating to the bake sale. Holmdel Community Day will be this Saturday, April 21 at Cross Farms Park from 11 to 4 p.m.

Alexandria's grandfather's oncologist connected her with the organization Let's Win PC, an initiative supported by the Lustgarden Foundation that helps people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer find treatment options.

She will be selling delicious baked goods such as cannolis, donuts, cookies and cupcakes on Saturday.

All of the money raised from Alexandria's bake sales will go to Let's Win PC and Lustgarden Foundation. If you want to help Alexandria, please come and visit her at Cross Farms on Saturday!

Here is the schedule for Holmdel Community Day 2018, April 21 at Cross Farms:

10:30 a.m. HYAA OPENING DAY PARADE (down Longbridge Road)

10:45 a.m. HYAA Opening Day Ceremonies

11:00 a.m. Community Day Opens! Inflatables, free food, vendors, crafts, non-profit and business displayers, music demonstrations, Holmdel police and fire displays, Holmdel First Aid Squad presentations, HYAA baseball/softball games and Holmdel F.C. soccer games.

4:00 p.m. Community Day Closes

All photos provided to Patch by the Campillay family.