• Lemonade Days 2024 Stand
    Registration is Now Open for Lemonade Days
    June 1 – 30, 2025

    Take your stand against childhood cancer this summer! Pick any day(s) during the month of June to host your lemonade stand with a community of supporters across the country and help raise critical funds for childhood cancer research. Register today to make a difference, one cup at a time!

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  • Go Gray in May for Kids with Brain Tumors
    May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month
    Help kids fighting this disease

    This year, approximately 5,000 kids will be diagnosed with a brain tumor, the deadliest form of childhood cancer in the U.S. Help spread awareness of this disease to make a difference for all kids waiting for safer, more effective treatments.

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  • Join the One Cup at a Time Club

    Our mission started with a lemonade stand, proving that anyone can make a difference one donation at a time – including you. Become a sustaining donor today and join our monthly giving community that’s curing childhood cancer.

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  • Alexandra Scott at her lemonade stand
    Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
    Fighting childhood cancer, one cup at a time

    We share the vision of our founder, Alexandra “Alex” Scott — cures for all children with cancer. Since its inception, ALSF has funded over 1,500 research grants to discover more cures and supported more than 15,000 childhood cancer families. Learn more.

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Who You’re Helping: Our Childhood Cancer Heroes

Featured Hero

Allison Petrenas

A true dancer at heart, Allison had a misstep when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2020. She was unable to move her left leg and ankle like she used to in dance class, then was unable to walk normally. But she was determined not to give up.
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How You’re Helping

ALSF is the largest independent childhood cancer charity in the U.S., focused on funding critical research and supporting childhood cancer families.
  • More than $300M Raised Since 2005 Funded over 1,500 medical research grants
  • Nationally Awarded Research Selection Process Grants funded across the U.S., Canada and Europe

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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation has grown into a Foundation that has raised more than $300 million for childhood cancer and funded over 1,500 research projects that have saved the lives of kids fighting cancer with no treatment options left. Learn about our journey.

Latest Donations

Fundraising pageLocationAmount
1
On Wednesdays We Wear Yellow 2025
The Million Mile 2025
$65
2
ALDI Suppliers Support Alex 2025
ALDI
Batavia, IL$15
3
Layla & Friends Lemonade Stand
Moms Take A Stand
$125
4
Fayette Farms Lemonade Stand
Stands and Events
Oakdale, PA$70
5
Pre-K's Lemonade Stand
Stands and Events
Mountaintop, PA$141

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