A lemonade stand run by Aaron’s Acres summer camp participants at Lancaster Shopping Center from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. on July 15 raised about $500 to fight childhood cancer.
Aaron's Acres Acts of Kindness raised $319 in one hour on June 22 for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
AAAOK is one of the programs that exists for people between the ages of 13-21 with developmental disabilities during the summer time. The teens and young adults ran the sale for one hour partnering with Case Management Unit in Dauphin County.
You know the old saying, when life hands you lemons, you cure cancer. Well that was the take away for one girl diagnosed with cancer, and it's spread into a nationwide effort to raise money for cancer research.
Patrons quenched their thirsts while contributing to a good cause Saturday at the sixth annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand at the Valley Forge Towers.
The stand has raised more than $34,000 in the fight against childhood and was named a Grand Stand this year. Organizers hoped to raise $10,000 Saturday.
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has awarded the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute an innovation grant of $250,000 over two years to advance research on two groundbreaking approaches for identifying treatment options for children with neuroblastoma.
Riley Miller has personal reasons for wanting to find a cure for pediatric cancer.
She had two brothers die from cancer when they were very young. One of them died at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, the same facility where Alex’s Lemonade Stand founder Alex Scott was hospitalized. Alex had neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer.
Gerard Blobe, MD, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and cancer biology and member of the Duke Cancer Institute, has been awarded a $250,000, two-year innovation grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which is dedicated to pediatric cancer. Blobe is investigating the use of heparin and its derivatives against neuroblastoma, the most common cancer in infancy.
Friends and family of Logan Pledger are hosting a lemonade stand July 18 to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Sarah and William Pledger, Logan’s parents, will host “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” (Foundation of Childhood Cancer) outside of Piggly Wiggly in Jemison in honor of their late son’s birthday.
Kaitlyn is a determined girl who is a bright light in a dark room! After what her family thought was a volleyball injury, Kaitlyn was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of her left femur. Recently, Kaitlyn sadly relapsed with the cancer in her lung.
