Each year, CBS 3 in Philadelphia holds a 14-hour telethon to raise money to support the work of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Perry Casciato, the CBS 3/CW Philly Program Director and Executive Producer for the Alex Scott: A Stand for Hope Telethon, shared with us why this is one of his favorite days of the year. Keep reading and of course, save the date, this year’s telethon begins June 13 at 6 am.
A cool, tall glass of lemonade on a hot day tastes pretty good—but nothing tastes as sweet as giving back feels. Use your creativity to host a fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)!
Kids across the country host fundraisers during the first week in June for Lemonade Days, but you can run a lemonade stand any time of year. Here are some of our craftiest tips and ideas for making your DIY lemonade stand extra-successful!
Every summer, fresh lemonade stands pop up all across the country, each more unique than the last. At Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, we always look forward to seeing the kind of DIY lemonade stands supporters make. Need some fun, new lemonade stand ideas you can DIY? Get inspired and give your stand a little twist of creativity this year with some of these clever ideas!
Bala Cynwyd, PA - Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for all kids with cancer, invites volunteers of all ages across the country to take a “stand” against childhood cancer when Lemonade Days returns June 1-9, 2019. Again in 2019, Lemonade Days will run an entire week instead of just one weekend, giving new and returning volunteers plenty of opportunity to find a date that works best for them.
ALSF started with founder Alex Scott’s very first DIY front yard lemonade stand and has now grown to include tens of thousands of lemonade stands hosted by families, kids, businesses and community groups all around the world! Need some inspiration for your very own DIY lemonade stand? Here are 5 great reasons to host a DIY Lemonade Stand this spring and summer:
guest post by Terry McCarthy, host of Light Lemons (the lemonade stand held by Lightfoot, Franklin & White)
A couple years ago, I was asked to give the commencement address to the graduating class at Cumberland School of Law. It was both thrilling and terrifying at the same time. As I thought about what to say in the speech, dozens of ideas popped into my mind, but none of them seemed right. I am an adjunct faculty member at the school and knew the graduates well; I wanted to inspire them.
Hosting a lemonade stand can be as easy as popping up a stand in your front yard or as extraordinary as creating a large community event!
This year, ALSF picked some “All-Star” Lemonade Days stand hosts that raised $2,000 last year—just like our founder Alex Scott did in 2000 at her first lemonade stand. Wondering how they did it? Keep reading!
The end of the school year is so busy and brings our household a lot of happy chaos. It’s hard to keep everything straight. Luckily, I have a great to-do list.
Life changed in an instant for the Cartafalsa family when their son Ryan, who had been experiencing balance issues, had a CAT scan that revealed an abnormality. He was diagnosed with ependymoma and began treatment, and today he is a survivor, cancer-free!
