A local volunteer is helping Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer.
The second annual Simon and Borchert Family Garage Sale and Lemonade Stand will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on June 12 and June 13 at 529 16th Avenue in Owatonna.
Ilaria Easom was just 3 years old when doctors found a fist-sized cancerous tumor in her chest. The tumor had collapsed her right lung, squeezed her heart and twisted itself around her trachea.
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, GO TO CAMPBELL: There's a lot to do in Campbell this weekend. The monthly "Second Saturdays" event features plenty of music and art from 2 to 6 p.m. all along Campbell Avenue, and downtown boutiques and other merchants will have their wares on display outdoors as part of a sidewalk sale.
After six surgeries, 14 cycles of chemotherapy and 25 rounds of radiation, Brianna Mercado's doctors said she won her battle against Ewing’s sarcoma, a life-threatening bone cancer that affects mainly children and adolescents.
Even though 15-year-old Mercado missed her sophomore year in high school because of treatments, she always kept a positive outlook.
Brady Williams can be found many a summer day running around a T-ball diamond in Oakfield, but that just begins to tell the story of an 8-year-old triplet nearly paralyzed as a toddler.
Jimmy Kimmel is known for bringing laughs to late night, but he's also used his comedic talents to bring levity to a charity event that means a lot to him.
The talk show host, 47, has been attending the L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade Culinary Cookout for the past five years, and he's also taken a turn as the fundraiser's emcee.
Last week, Storefront told readers about a Lindenwold event to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, the Pennsylvania-based charity that raises awareness and funds for childhood cancer research.
Koa was an amazing little boy who could make anyone laugh. After he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, he fought through many life-threatening complications for five months. Sadly, Koa passed away. He's the strongest person his family knows.