Samira Rao Grows Cookie Girl Foundation to Support Children Who Can’t Go Home

Samira Rao, a longtime volunteer in Flint, delivers comfort packages and hope to kids living away from their families.

FLINT, Mich. — Samira Rao, known across Genesee County as “the Cookie Girl,” has spent more than a decade bringing comfort and joy to children living in residential homes and foster care. What began as a small idea in 2011 at Grand Blanc’s Cooks Elementary has grown into the Cookie Girl Foundation, a newly established 501(c)(3) charity focused on kids w…