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First time. Is this good? Average? Great?

Wyatt Erber from Edwardsville, Illinois heard his 2-year-old neighbor Cara Kielty had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Her parents had taken her to the doctor thinking it was just an ear infection, then rushed her to St. Louis Children's Hospital when antibiotics failed. The diagnosis came on May 21.

One week after Cara's diagnosis, Wyatt's mom asked if he'd like to enter a local bank scavenger hunt with a $1,000 grand prize. He immediately said, "Let's do it, and if I win the $1,000, I want to give it to Cara."

Together with his mom, he visited businesses across Edwardsville, gradually collecting all 20 clues needed to complete the hunt. He turned out to be the first to turn in all the clues and won the contest.

When they found out they had won, Wyatt immediately called Cara's mother, Trisha Kielty. Trisha tried to refuse. Then Wyatt's mom told her he had asked how much chemo the money would buy Cara. "He gets it."

He gave every single dollar.

Cara's progress had been positive, but she still had two and a half years of treatments ahead. A local charity, Edwardsville Neighbors in Need, then matched Wyatt's entire $1,000 donation. A man in Canada even heard the story and mailed $100 more for Cara's treatment.

"I heard that Cara had leukemia and they needed the money and I didn't need the money," Wyatt said. That's an 8-year-old. Let that sink in.