14-year-old cancer survivor giving gift bags to children spending the holidays in the hospital

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14-year-old cancer survivor giving gift bags to children spending the holidays in the hospital
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A young cancer survivor is giving back to cancer patients. Elana Koenig and a team of volunteers helped pack gift bags on Sunday for children who will spend the holidays in the hospital battling cancer.

Elana Koenig and a team of volunteers helped pack gift bags on Sunday for children who will spend the holidays in the hospital battling cancer.

The 14-year-old, who beat a rare type of bone cancer, and her sister"I want to be able to help anybody who reaches out to us. We visited Memorial Sloan a lot. We visited a lot of kids there. We've paid for kids' medical treatment. We've hosted parties, events for kids who are in the hospital and struggling," Koenig said.In:

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