Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop in Little Italy is joining four other Maryland bakeries in a week-long fundraiser to support breast cancer research through Bakes for Breast Cancer. The nearly 70-year-old bakery has partnered with the organization for several years each October, creating special desserts where all proceeds benefit cancer research.
"It touches everybody; I don't think you can talk to somebody that breast cancer hasn't affected them in some way," said Maria Vaccaro. Vaccaro has a deeply personal connection to the cause, as breast cancer has impacted multiple family members. "Both my mother and my husband's mother both had breast cancer; my niece, very close, has breast cancer," Vaccaro said.
