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Alex’s Lemonade Days
This post originally aired on May 27th, 2015, but the time is here once again so I decided to share this post in the hopes to bringing some much needed attention to this wonderful cause.
Fighting Childhood Cancer, One Cup at a Time.
Every year for 3 days during the second weekend in June, a huge movement to support children’s cancer gets underway.
ALEX’S LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION (ALSF) Alexandra Scott was an amazing little girl who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer when she was only a year old.
While lying in her hospital bed after a stem-cell transplant she told her mother that she wanted to have a Lemonade Stand when she got out of the hospital to help other kids just like her. You can read Alexandra’s story here. It is such a moving story that is really worth reading!
True to here words, with the help of her big brother, she had her lemonade stand and raised $2,000 for “her hospital”. She was only 4 years old at the time. In 2004, at the age of 8, little Alexandra passed away but she died knowing that she had raised over $1 million dollars for children’s cancers!
Even though Alexandra is no longer with us the movement is still going strong. So, the second weekend in June, for 3 days every single year, people gather together to hold their own lemonade stands to raise money to fight children’s cancer.
Since Alex’s first lemonade stand there have been over 20,000 lemonade stands to raise awareness and money to fight against all pediatric cancers.Hopefully, you are asking yourself “How can I help out with this great cause?” Well, let me tell you how!
1.) Go to Alex’s Lemonade (alexslemonade.org) and make a huge any donation, right now.
2.) Have your own lemonade stand and raise money to donate to the ALSF. Go to LemonadeDays.org and register by June 5th and request a free fundraising kit!
3.) Share information on all of your social media platforms using the hashtag #LemonadeDays.
4.) Join @AlexLemonade tomorrow on May 28th for a Twitter party 1pm – 2pm ET using the #LemonadeDays hashtag!
SO LET’S DO WHAT WE CAN TO FIGHT CHILDREN’S CANCER!
FIND A LEMONADE STAND THE SECOND WEEKEND IN JUNE OR BETTER YET HAVE ONE OF YOUR VERY OWN! IF NOT PLEASE DONATE TO HELP FIGHT ALL CHILDREN’S CANCERS AlexsLemonade.org!!!!
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Lana says
May 27, 2015 at 10:46 amThanks for sharing this today Rena. I’ve heard about Alex’s Lemonade Stand but didn’t know much about it. I will be making a donation to this important cause!
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Rena McDaniel says
May 27, 2015 at 11:50 amThanks so much Lana! It’s a wonderful cause to support!
bakinginatornado says
May 27, 2015 at 11:47 amYou know, having lost my brother, that fighting childhood cancer is a charity I support. I love this lemonade stand movement. So much positivity in honor of a brave little girl.
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Rena McDaniel says
May 27, 2015 at 11:55 amI do too Karen! She was such a brave and inspirational little girl. I am so glad that it still goes on today!
Carol Cassara (@ccassara) says
May 27, 2015 at 12:02 pmI love this! A good cause. Our estate goes to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital so a cause dear to us.
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Rena McDaniel says
May 28, 2015 at 8:05 amWhat a lovely thing to do Carol even though it doesn’t surprise me!
Andrea B. says
May 27, 2015 at 11:20 pmI’m a big fan of Alex’s Lemonade Stand. It’s such an important cause. Maybe I’ll try to work w. my daughter to run one this summer! It would be fun. 🙂
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Rena McDaniel says
May 28, 2015 at 8:06 amThat’s terrific Andrea! Something you can do together, have some fun and support a great cause!
Elizabeth says
May 28, 2015 at 2:48 pmThanks for this. My 11 year old daughter lost her friend to Cancer last year. It was such a hard thing, but her teacher found a letter she wote about my daughter saying what a great friend she is and helped her so much. What a great way to create awareness and funding.
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Rena McDaniel says
May 29, 2015 at 1:01 pmThank you Elizabeth I am so happy you enjoyed it! It’s always so sad to lose children so young.
Mary Hill says
May 28, 2015 at 8:00 pmThis is an incredible, beautiful story. I wish I could write for campaigns like this one. Great job. I will find a lemonade stand this weekend near me. Thank you for sharing.
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Rena McDaniel says
May 29, 2015 at 1:02 pmThanks Mary! These are always my favorite kind of posts!