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    Greer Gates starts small business with one goal

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So is the best way to beat cancer well -- jewelry of course at least that's how 114 year old sees it.

-- gates was just seven years old when she started -- jewelry making business to support a close family friend -- was suffering from ovarian cancer.

-- now fourteen years old -- has grown that jewelry business into a full fledged charity raising thousands of dollars.

For cancer -- shared research joining us now is that talented fourteen year old mr.

gates -- see this morning welcome to FOX & Friends.

Thanks for having me it's a pleasure to have you here what motivated you to do this in the first place.

Well I have close family friend of virus the diagnosis of cancer and I really wanted to help.

And so how do you figure out it jewelry something Nate you know so many young girls and -- -- -- girl's love couldn't somehow help battle cancer.

Well I got a couple beat kits for Christmas that year and we had just lying around and we hadn't used them so.

I came up with the idea to make bracelets and sell them at -- cancer walk in our local town.

-- it's one -- to have an idea it's another thing to executed and actually had to take off like this how did you manage didn't.

Make it be so successful.

Well I have a lot of support from my family and friends and my parents of course there.

There are -- is there to help me whenever I need it and it's just incredible how much support I have.

As you're speaking we're showing some examples of your beautiful designs usually I'm sporting one right now this but very pretty blue.

And I slipped and I put -- Strictly.

-- and it's on his hope and believe.

And on no -- in the -- is never cost more than I believe twelve dollars yet somehow you managed to raise a lot of money.

And give it to cancer research tell us about some of the milestones you've reached.

Well the first hear my parents something needed to make.

Well I needed to stick to it so I sent a panic a hundred and I'm gonna sell a hundred -- sold 96 and friends there on I have raised eight.

Growth total of 37000.

Dollars.

That's incredible and that's over seven years.

And it's alleys point eight -- it'll sell for more than twelve dollars which is incredible.

How can people get involved and make a donation or by some of this jewelry to support your cost.

Well my web site.

Thought at sea is where I have all almost all my products and that.

Has been a very good source of income for it to charity and also.

On my web site.

There is -- -- where you can contact me and weekend get together or eat if you wanna donate buttons -- what it or something.

We can set that -- We will link to that on our website I'll put it out on trigger we should also found that our viewers know.

Then the funds that you have raised they all go to cancer -- you actually donated numb to the University of Washington it was able to start it tissue bank.

Thanks to the funds that you -- from your research so you're doing great work -- gates thanks so much for coming in and showing us -- -- A little strong dollar -- that can change the world.

Thanks for having me.

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