8-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Breaks Girl Scout Cookie Record Selling 32,484 Boxes in 'Insane' Season

Photo: courtesy Trish BumpusOne 8-year-old cancer survivor outsold aGirl Scoutsrecord for most boxes of cookies in a single season.Last week, it was revealed that Lilly Bumpus of San Bernardino, California, broke the national record for most boxes sold in one season with 32,484 boxes, including 5,000 donation boxes that will go to “fellow childhood cancer warriors in the hospitals, to help feed the homeless in our communities and to our deployed troops,” according to herFacebook page.

8-Year-Old Chess Champion Who Was Living in Shelter Is No Longer Homeless

Photo: GoFundMe A homeless 8-year-old Nigerian refugee whorecently won the New York State chess championshipnow has a place to live thanks to thousands of people who raised money to help him and his family. According to theNew York Times,Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family left Nigeria in 2017 when they feared they would become the target of Boko Haram terrorists. Tani, his older brother and his parents obtained asylum in New York City, where they have since lived in a Manhattan homeless shelter — and it is during their time there that Tani learned to play chess, which turned into a passion that would eventually lead to him making headlines across the country.

8-Year-Old Defeats Adult Chefs in Baking Competition

Watch out, Cronut! Our money is on this 8-year-old baker to create the next pastry fad to sweep the nation. Meet Taylor Moxey, a pint-sized baking prodigy from Miami, who recently beat out all her adult competition — of trained chefs! — to win first place at the KISS Country Midtown Miami Cornbread Competition, theDaily Mailreports. After school is done each day, she heads straight home to begin baking and customizing cupcake boxes.

8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Father and Brother, 3, Are Killed From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Photo: GoFundMeAn 8-year-old girl hospitalized with apparent carbon monoxide poisoning died one day after being found unresponsive with her father and brother in the family’s garage in Kentucky, PEOPLE confirms.Mayra Garcia died at Norton Children’s Hospital Thursday evening, according to theCourier-Journaland a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department. The death came more than a day after she was found along with her 3-year-old brother, Cruz Isaac Garcia, and their father, Juvenal Garcia Mora, 39.

8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Marble Handrail Falls on Her in New York City: 'Such a Happy Child'

Photo: Getty An 8-year-old girl died on Monday after a marble handrail collapsed on top of her, the New York Police Department confirms to PEOPLE. The department says the accident occurred at a residence in the Westchester Square neighborhood of the Bronx. Officers arrived around 8 p.m. local time and found the girl with trauma to her head, authorities say. A preliminary investigation found the girl suffered extensive injuries when a “marble handrail became detached from the front of a house” and fell on top of her, NYPD Detective Sophia Mason tells PEOPLE.