NJ.com

4/30/2015

The skies were blue and the temperatures comfortable on April 22, but it was the shining light of charity taking place at Birches Elementary School that stole the show. 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 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 who remained took the reins and have kept the tradition alive at Birches, where all proceeds will benefit the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

With the second-graders 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 — other grade levels came out one-by-one to enjoy a treat.

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