Kind-Hearted Kid Chef Donates Bike Prize to Homeless

When 11-year-old kid chef, Katie Cafferelli won the BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona (BCBSAZ)’s Walk On! Kids Cooking Challenge, and a bike of her choice, she made the philanthropic decision to donate the bike to a local charity.
With the help of BCBSAZ, Cafferelli decided to donate the bike to UMOM, the largest shelter for homeless families in Phoenix.
She helped select five bikes, and even delivered them with five helmets to the UMOM campus, where she took a tour of the facility and met key staff members.
UMOM, which was founded in 1964, aims to prevent and end homelessness with individualized strategies and housing solutions. UMOM helps facilitate families’ moves to transitional housing, and then permanent, affordable housing. They are provide families with access to the medical care, child care and education they need to help them succeed.
Cafferelli, a student at Saint John XXIII Catholic School in Scottsdale, won the cooking challenge with her original, healthy recipe “Totally Ave-Some.”
“I love to cook and eating health is really important because that’s how you stay healthy when you’re older and it makes you happier,” said Cafferelli.  “One of my favorite things is avocado and the rest of the ingredients are colorful and full of antioxidants.”