Kids of Food Network star set up lemonade stands to raise money for cancer fight
The next time you see kids selling lemonade from a small wooden stand on the sidewalk don’t ignore them and walk by, even if you aren’t thirsty. The kids just might be hawking lemonade for a good cause.
Lemonade stands will be set up all across the country, including in Park Slope, for three days in early June as part of a fundraising drive for a childhood cancer foundation. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for all kids with cancer, will hold fundraiser June 7-9. One of the lemonade stands will be located at 1320 Eighth Ave. in Park Slope.
The Pennsylvania-based foundation was started by the late Alexandra “Alex” Scott, a cancer victim who died in 2004 at the age of eight. During her brave battle with cancer, Alex set a goal of raising $1 million for pediatric cancer research. Alex set up a lemonade stand and invited volunteers from across the country to do the same. Her goal was reached.
Each June, on the weekend before Father’s Day, Alex’s mission of raising $1 million continues through the foundation’s National Lemonade Days fundraising effort.