Alex's Lemonade Stand

Alex's Lemonade Stand

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation is a US pediatric cancer charity fundraiser founded by Alexandra Scott

At age four, she decided to set up a lemonade stand to raise money for her home hospital in Connecticut. The lemonade stand became an annual tradition, and continued even after the Scott family moved to Pennsylvania to pursue treatment for Alex at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

By 2002, Alex's Lemonade Stand had attracted media attention, and childhood cancer survivors began to hold their own lemonade stands to raise funds for the project. By 2004 Alex's Lemonade Stand was a national campaign, with lemonade stands and events in all fifty US states as well as Canada and France. In 2004 alone, the organization raised over US $700,000. Alex and her family were featured on Oprah Winfrey's television program, The John Walsh Show and The Today Show, among others. Alex and her parents also wrote a children's picture book, "Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand".

The event is now co-ordinated by the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. In 2005, the Foundation raised over four million dollars for childhood cancer research.

CHOP honored Alex with the creation of the Alex Scott Day Hospital. The Philadelphia 76ers renamed their Hometown Hero award "76ers Hometown Hero: In the Spirit of Alex Scott Award" in her memory. Volvo for Life has established the Alexandra Scott Butterfly Award, which is given to a young person who has demonstrated exceptional courage and determination in helping others.

Other contributors to the Alex's Lemonade Stand fund include singer Celine Dion and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Alex's parents regularly speak about Alex and their experiences at events, conventions, and seminars.

External links

* [http://www.alexslemonade.org/ Alex's Lemonade Stand]
* [http://www.alexslemonade.org/Grand_Stand.php Alex's Lemonade Grand Stands]
* [http://www.volvo4lifeawards.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/butterfly/index.html Volvo for Life Butterfly Award]
* [http://www.kidscancertree.com/ Kids Cancer Tree]
* [http://www.countrytime.com Country Time Lemonade]
* [http://www.daretogodutch.com/alexs/ Alex's Lemonade in bottle]


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