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4/29/2015

Carrying on a tradition that was started 11 years ago by second-grade teacher Marla Ruh, the second-grade teachers and students at Birches Elementary School hosted their Third Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand Fundraiser in the school playground area.

Ruh was transferred from Birches to Wedgwood Elementary School prior to the 2012-13 school year, so the second-grade teachers kept the tradition alive by raising money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to fight childhood cancer.

The second-graders were split up into groups; stations included taking monetary donations, tallying the amount of lemonade sold, serving as greeters, working the lemon-signing station, and several game stations to pass the time.

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