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Sixth-grade student Ah’Miya Clarke, 11, is the creative force behind Lil Loops W/Love, a youth-led crochet brand, born out of her determination to learn and create, and transform yarn into meaningful accessories. What started as a summer hobby for the St. Cecilia’s Catholic School student, morphed into a business with purpose through her hats and hair accessories. When she came across the story of a preteen fighting cancer, Ah’Miya decided to use her newfound crocheting talent to raise funds to support a peer’s fight against cancer. Ah’Miya crocheted pink ribbon pins to sell during October’s breast cancer awareness month, which she sold at school, with a goal to donate 100 percent of the proceeds to preteen, Miracle Martin, who is battling a rare cancer diagnosis, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – a fast-growing blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow and spreads. It makes up less than one percent of all cancers in the United States. It’s most common in children, but anyone can get it. Most ALL cases affect children ages two-to-five years old. After learning Miracle’s story, Ah’Miya’s mother, Kristan Rahming, said her daughter was moved and asked her what they could make to assist Miracle. With her mother’s support, Ah’Miya decided on crocheting pink ribbon pins for breast cancer awareness month and selling them throughout the month at her school and donating all proceeds to Miracle. That initiative they named Loops of Love: Pinktober Collection. It was during the summer of 2024, Ah’Miya asked her mother to purchase crochet supplies so she could learn a new skill. With her mother’s support, the preteen began practicing — creating anything and everything she could think of. Her mother said, although her daugter’s first attempts weren’t perfect, she never gave up. By July 2025 Ah’Miya was crocheting hats in Bahamian flag colors, and soon after, launched a line of back-to-school hair accessories. Rahming said her daughter’s pieces reflect her creativity, resilience, and heart for giving. She said Lil Loops W/ Love is more than a business, but a movement of hope and kindness, showing that when passion meets purpose, even the smallest hands can inspire the greatest change. “With every loop and stitch, Ah’Miya is weaving not just accessories, but a legacy of love, courage, and compassion — a reminder that no one is ever too young to make a difference,” said Rahming. Ah’Miya’s donation goes to help Miracle who is receiving expensive treatment and who amassed a $176,000 bill at a United States hospital in just one week. And, who is now receiving treatment at home through the public healthcare system. Despite that, whatever treatments she needs that aren’t available, the preteen’s parents have to pay out of pocket. Miracle’s parents had also launched an orange ribbon initiative “Faith, Fight and a Miracle” to raise funds for their daughter’s medical treatment. The seriousness of a person’s condition is determined by the type of lymphocytes involved – B cells or T cells. Miracle’s T cells are involved. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, affects T cells, which kill germs and support other immune cells. Chemotherapy is the main treatment for ALL. It happens in four phases with the goal of reaching complete remission. Treatment can last months to years.
