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Woman bakes Texas-shaped cookies as fundraiser for Harvey victims

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By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Sept 2, 2017

A baker in the nation's capital is leading a Hurricane Harvey fundraiser by doing what she knows best.

Elizabeth Mahon, who owns District Baking Co., has created hand-decorated, Texas-shaped cookies.

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Proceeds from the Texas cookie sales will go to faculty and students at Cypress Creek High School in Houston, WUSA reported. The school and surrounding community were hit hard by Harvey.

Mahon will have a booth Sunday at Union Market, where she hopes to raise $5,000 through cookie sales.

Mahon told WUSA that she experienced Hurricane Charlie in Florida firsthand and understands the devastation such storms leave behind.

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