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from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!

SUYIN SO, AOLAOLnews.com(JUNE 11) -- When life gives you lemonade, make lemonade. One young Pennsylvania girl did just that, turning a major life lemon -- cancer -- into millions of dollars of aid to children and families that keeps pouring, 10 years later.In 2000, Alex Scott, then 4, told her parents Liz and Jay that she wanted to open a lemonade stand to help doctors at her local hospital, where she was being treated for neuroblastoma.Before long, her efforts... Read More
Happy Memorial Day! In honor of the official start to summer, and lemonade season, we have created a quick video to show you how you can register a stand or event to get involved with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation!Take a quick look at the video, and while you are at it, visit our newly launched website and let us know what you think.Have a great long weekend and we’ll see you back here next week as we gear up for Lemonade Days (June 11-13).- Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
If our schedules are any indication, the busy time of the year - “lemonade season” - is certainly upon us. Last Saturday, May 1, Jay and I attended two separate kick-off events for The Rose Group’s May fundraising campaign for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The Rose Group is a local franchisee of Applebee’s restaurants, and this year’s fundraising campaign, which will take place... Read More

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