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8 Year Old Donates $1k Prize to 2 Year Old Neighbor Battling Cancer

By Marlon A. Walker, ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH

Credit: Photo by Laurie Skrivan, ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH

Wyatt Erber, 8, gives his neighbor Cara Kielty, 2, a high-five on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2012, outside his home in Edwardsville. Erber won $1,000 in a scavenger hunt and donated it for medical care for Cara, who was diagnosed with leukemia in May..

September 5, 2012 Updated Sep 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM PDT

When 8-year-old Wyatt Erber entered a scavenger hunt sponsored by a bank, he already had a plan for the winnings: to give the money to neighbors on Sequoia Drive whose young daughter recently began battling leukemia.

Trisha Kielty appreciated the kind gesture for her daughter, Cara, 2, but never thought Wyatt would win. Besides, she said in an interview Tuesday, who could take $1,000 from a child?

She remembers what Wyatt said when he called a few weeks ago with some news.

"He said: 'How much chemo will $1,000 buy Cara?'" Kielty recalled. "I'm completely floored by him. To step up and donate his winnings … is crazy."

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