Kids & Family

PHOTOS: Love for Luca Raises More Than $20,000

The organization, which raises funds for cancer research, hosted its third annual cocktail event at the Walden Country Club in Crofton.

Love for Luca raised more than $20,000 for cancer research at its third annual cocktail event in Crofton.

The nonprofit organization was created in honor of Luca Assante, a 4-year-old Annapolis boy, who has battled a rare form of cancer called rabdomysarcoma and is now in remission, according to a news release.

The money raised at the "Mission Possible"-themed event, which was held at the on March 24, will benefit the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Pediatric Cancer Center.

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