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Glendale teen starts nonprofit, takes fight to SIDS

Family history adds gravity to story

Glendale resident and BASIS Peoria student Kenna Wasson, 14, holds a free safe infant sleep sack. These were given to Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s campuses, including the one in Glendale. Wasson founded a SIDS awareness and preventian nonprofit called Candles in the Dark Inc.

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Alexis Watson, left, his daughter, Kenna, and wife, Krystal Hicks-Wasson smile July 17 at Haus Murphy restaurant in downtown Glendale. Kenna, 14, is the founder of a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome awareness and prevention charity.

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On July 23 Kenna Wasson’s nonprofit Candles in the Dark took a major step.

The North Glendale resident’s organization focused on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome prevention and safe sleep for infants provided free safe infant sleep sacks to Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s campuses, including the one in Glendale. The sacks include a pamphlet on her organization and the golden rules of safe sleep.

Kenna Wasson is a 14-year-old about to start her sophomore year at BASIS Peoria.

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