BALTIMORE — Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop in Little Italy is joining four other Maryland bakeries in a week-long fundraiser to support breast cancer research through Bakes for Breast Cancer.

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The nearly 70-year-old bakery has partnered with the organization for several years each October, creating special desserts where all proceeds benefit cancer research.

"It touches everybody; I don't think you can talk to somebody that breast cancer hasn't affected them in some way," said Maria Vaccaro.

Vaccaro has a deeply personal connection to the cause, as breast cancer has impacted multiple family members.

"Both my mother and my husband's mother both had breast cancer

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