The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Get crafty with these sweet ideas!
Get creative with lemonade stand signs for your neighborhood!
Add some flair to your stand with balloons and flag decor.
Wooden crates are a great material for building for a DIY Lemonade Stand.
Cupcakes are the perfect match for cold lemonade!
Personalize t-shirts for your Lemonade Stand crew!
You can design your own posters and flyers!
Make your own donation boxes to keep donations safe and secure.
A cool, tall glass of lemonade on a hot day tastes pretty good — but nothing tastes as sweet as giving back feels. Use your creativity to host a fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)!Alexandra “Alex” Scott set up her front yard lemonade stand when she was just 4 years old, raising more than $2,000 that she gave to doctors so they could find cures for all children battling cancer.
Today, ALSF has funded hundreds of research projects across the United States and Canada and has established support programs for families seeking cutting-edge treatments for their... Read More
Back where it all began, ALSF founder Alex Scott.
Alex Scott's idea to find cures for childhood cancer with lemonade stands, continues 15 years later.
It all started with one front yard lemonade stand.
ALSF Founder Alex Scott had a big idea: to host lemonade stands to help other kids just like her feel better. When Alex was just 4 years old, she hosted her first lemonade stand. That first stand kept growing each year, and four years later, when Alex was 8-years-old, her lemonade stand raised $1 million for childhood cancer research.
The last stand that Alex would attend was held at her elementary school, Penn Wynne... Read More
At their very first stand, the Smith Family, had an unexpected turnout!
Bridget was 3 years old when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, the same cancer that ALSF founder Alex Scott battled.
The Smith Family, pictured above, has hosted a front yard lemonade stand since 2007.
Known as the Jersey Shore family who has “the lemonade stand,” the Smiths first heard Alex’s story while Bridget was being treated for neuroblastoma at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Bridget was just three years old at diagnosis and endured several years of treatment. Today, Bridget is cancer-free and 15-years-old, a freshman in high school. She is also a nearly lifelong lemonade stand host. Her father, Denis, shares the family’s journey from oncology clinic to their front yard, fighting for cures one cup at at a time.
It was twelve years ago this past April when my wife,... Read More
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