6-year-old raises money for Massachusetts officer battling cancer

WATCH ABOVE: A six-year-old boy has raised $1,500 for a Massachusetts police officer he doesn’t know who’s battling lymphoma. Julie Loncich has more.

A six-year-old boy from Grafton, Massachusetts raised $1,500 for a police officer battling cancer.

Tyler Hardiman doesn’t know police Sgt. Michael Mazzola, but that didn’t stop him from rolling up his sleeves and making a lemonade stand in order to raise funds for the officer diagnosed with lymphoma.

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“I just wanted to because I wanted to raise money for the police officer because he has kids,” said Hardiman to WBZ News.

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The goal was to raise $1,000 but Hardiman, his mom Danielle Hardiman, and his best friend Jacob Lupien surpassed that goal by bringing in $1,500.

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According to WBZ News, two hundred people stopped by the lemonade stand on Friday to support Hardiman’s cause, including the Grafton Police Department.

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“I did not know it was going to be as big as it was,” said Hardiman’s mom to WBZ News.

“I am just so proud, so proud of him,” she added.