Fighting childhood cancer, one cup at a time.
by Trish Adkins
March is National Reading Month! All month long, students, teachers, and families celebrate reading and the magic of books. At Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, we have many fun, unique ways you can celebrate National Reading Month and help children battling cancer!
Reading with children (whether yours or the ones you teach) sparks their imagination, expands their vocabulary,... Read More
by Kelby Wright, a senior at Bozeman High School, Bozeman, Montana
December 4, 2000 was a terrible day for a particular family. Their toddler daughter was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma. The cancer had already spread to various areas in her body. She was just 18-months-old.
The tumor was noticeable in her left cheek. However, the parents of the child did not know that there was also a tumor in her right adrenal gland that would most likely result in having that organ removed.
She survived the round of cancer. But soon enough, about nine months after the... Read More
by Liz Scott, Alex’s Mom
In 2000, the day after her fourth birthday, Alex received a stem cell transplant. Alex told me, “When I get out of the hospital, I want to have a lemonade stand.” It was winter, so I agreed that when it was warmer she could have one. I forgot about her request. The weather got warmer and Alex began asking to hold her lemonade stand again.
I wondered what Alex could possibly want to buy with her lemonade money. I asked her: “Alex, what is it that you want?”
Alex did not want... Read More
