Billings family helps raise thousands for pediatric brain cancer research

BILLINGS— A Billings family helped raise thousands of dollars for pediatric brain cancer research Saturday morning.

The Bell family partnered with international charity The Cure Starts Now to host a kids fun run at the Barnyard Bash , an annual outdoor craft show and market.

Watch how one family is helping to raise money for brain cancer research: Billings family helps raise thousands for pediatric brain cancer research

The run was in honor of Maylin Bell, who died in March of 2024 from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare type of brain cancer, at six years old.

“She always had a smile on her face. She was always cracking a joke. She loved bigger than anybody. She loved her family so much,” said Maylin’s mother, Meagan Bell.

The family reminisced on memories of Maylin