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Meet The 10-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Whose Lemonade Stands Have Raised $150,000 For Charity

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huffingtonpost.com
By Dominique Mosbergen
4/24/2014

He's battled multiple inoperable brain tumors for more than half of his life, but this inspiring 10-year-old from New Jersey has refused to let his own struggles with cancer overshadow his desire to help others overcome the disease.

Mario Carpino, whose cancerous tumors were first discovered when he was just 4 years old, has been hosting lemonade stands to raise funds for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer for years. According to Yahoo! Shine, he's raised some $150,000 for the charity thus far -- and he's showing no signs of slowing down.

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