A 10-year-old starts her own baking business – and then donates half the proceeds to Staten Island charities 

Maddie takes her talent — along with her passion to to help the less fortunate — to another level.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With a name like Maddison French, she has to be good!

This precocious 10-year-old is creative, high-spirited, strong and powerful. And she has credentials to prove it!

MEET MADDISON

The PS 56 fifth grader loves to bake cookies. So much so that she’s taken her talent — along with her passion to to help the less fortunate — to another level.

Ten-year-old entrepreneur Maddison French shows off the sign for her business, Maddie’s Sweet Treats. (Staten Island Advance/Jason Paderon)Jason Paderon

“It all started a little more than a year ago,” says the enthusiastic Rossville resident. “When the world wasn’t rainbows and princesses, I wanted to find a way to make the world a better place to live in. I thought. ‘Who wouldn’t love a sweet treat?’ So I went up to everyone I knew and told them I wanted to start baking cookies and start a business.”

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