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Run a Lemonade Stand to Help Fight Childhood Cancer

Or you can skydive, give flowers or show support online to help raise funds to fight childhood cancer.

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and volunteers in South Cobb can help make a difference in the battle against childhood cancer by running their own lemonade stands. Yes, a lemonade stand can help young boys and girls fight childhood cancer, which remains the number one disease killer of children under the age of 15 in the United States.

Here are other opportunities to help children struggling with cancer.

Host a Lemonade Stand

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Utilizing Alexandra “Alex” Scott’s original fundraising idea, volunteers everywhere can host an Alex’s Lemonade Stand during the month of September. Hosting a stand is an easy and fun way for children of all ages to make a difference in the lives of kids with cancer, and provides a way for kids to help other kids their age battling the disease. Additionally, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is partnering with American Greetings to enlist volunteers across the country to host Strawberry Shortcake Alex’s Lemonade Stands throughout the awareness month. All volunteers who sign up to host the berry special lemonade stands will receive specially branded materials, the opportunity to win a Strawberry Shortcake product pack, and for each stand registered, Strawberry Shortcake will directly donate $50 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

“As a parent of a pediatric cancer survivor, I am grateful every day to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, the sponsors who support the cause and the other families who raise money on a grassroots level like we do,” says Keren Fitzgerald, mom to Cole, a childhood cancer survivor. She recently hosted a stand.

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Besides selling lemonade, volunteers can also skydive or show support online through social media.

Skydive for the cause

For supporters looking for a big way to show their allegiance to the cause, Leap for Life, a worldwide fundraising skydiving initiative, will invite volunteers to skydive for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation on Sept. 24-25. Participants who choose to take the leap, can sign up to skydive at a dive center in their area, create a fundraising page, and invite their friends and family to show their support on the designated dive days. Last year, over 100 divers participated, and this year hopes to exceed that number as divers take to the skies to show their support for the childhood cancer fight.

Give flowers, raise funds and awareness

Continuing through September to commemorate National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Teleflora is offering customers the opportunity to purchase floral bouquets from the Sunny Day Pitcher Collection in support of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. For each Sunny Day Pitcher bouquet sold at teleflora.com, 10% of the revenue will be donated to ALSF.

Show Your Support Online

For those who are not able to host a stand or jump out of a plane, there are still ways to show support online, through social media or even by texting. To raise awareness for childhood cancer and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, supporters can post messages to their Facebook or Twitter pages or text “Lemonade” to 85944 to make a $10 donation. Additionally, Avvo (www.avvo.com), a place where people get health and legal questions answered by rated doctors and lawyers, will donate $5 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for every health question asked on its site during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Whether it’s a question about cancer, or any other health issue, participants will receive an answer from a doctor, and directly help raise money for childhood cancer research.

For more ways to get involved during National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and anytime of year, visit: http://www.alexslemonade.org/get_involved

 

About Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004). In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement, complete with thousands of volunteers across the country carrying on her legacy of hope. To date, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 charity, has raised more than $45 million toward fulfilling Alex’s dream of finding a cure, funding over 200 research projects nationally.


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