Alexandra "Alex" Scott, a young cancer patient, was only 4 years old when she decided to hold a lemonade stand to raise money for "her hospital," so doctors could help other kids like they'd helped her. Alex held her first stand in 2000 and continued to hold lemonade stands each year, inspiring support from her community and across the nation. Although sadly Alex passed away at the age of 8, she knew she had reached the ambitious goal of raising $1 million for childhood cancer research.

Sullivan "Sully" Shields was also diagnosed with cancer at the age of 4.  He is now 6 years old and has been battling this disease for 16 months.  He has endured 5 rounds of chemo, 2 surgeries, experimental internal radiation treatment, external radiation treatment, a stem cell transplant that kept him in the hospital for the entire month of December, and 5 rounds of immunotherapy.  He is doing well and his disease has improved dramatically but it is not yet gone.  Alex's Lemonade Stand has given grants to Neuroblastoma researchers in the hope that they will find a cure for this horrible disease.  If Sully can handle all he has had to, surely we can run, bike, and swim some miles in September to raise awareness and money for a cure!