Friends and family are coming together to hold a bake sale to help the family of 8-year-old Justice Richardson pay medical bills.

The bake sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Pine Point Plaza in Albrightsville.Richardson, who has had numerous health issues during his short life, was diagnosed last May with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.The disease is believed to occur in 1 in every 200,000 children, with any age group can be affected, from infancy through adulthood.LCH is so rare that there is little known about it and not much research being done according to Richardson's mother, Tatum Pincombe."Justice has always had terrible issues with his skin," Pincombe said. "His skin would just peel off. Then last year I noticed, two large lumps on his thighs, that's what led to the diagnosis of LCH.LCH can attack various systems within the body. It is an overabundance of immature Langerhans cells, a form of white blood cells that normally fight infection. The extra cells collect in parts of the body and form tumors or attack organs.When the disease attacks the skeletal system, liver or lungs the patient is considered to be "high risk."When the skin or lymph nodes are involved the patient is considered to be "low risk."Richardson said that the disease mostly affects her son's skin and lymph nodes.About 50 percent of all LCH patients experience skin involvement and 30 percent have lymph node involvement. The treatment includes high doses of steroids and chemotherapy. According to the Hystiocytosis Association website, scientists have not determined if LCH is a cancer or not."Justice has six more weeks of chemotherapy," his mother said. "After that there will probably be a lot of tests to make sure everything is OK and then we will have to be very vigilant."Pincombe said that without treatment, LCH is terminal.Richardson is hoping to return to Penn Kidder School this fall, but that will be determined at a later date."Mornings are rough," Pincombe said. "And the steroids sometimes make him moody and hard to get along with."Justice has been covered until recently by his father, Joe Richardson's health insurance. The family has medical bills in excess of $7,000 that need to be paid. The money raised on Saturday will go toward helping to pay the outstanding bills.