The Childhood Cancer Blog

The Childhood Cancer Blog

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from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!

 Here are eight ways to take your lemonade stand from the front yard to the virtual world.

Take your lemonade stand from the front yard to the virtual world with a Zoom Lemonade Stand.

At Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) our fundamental belief is that a lemonade stand can lead to cures and safer treatments for kids with cancer. Each year, ALSF hosts Lemonade Days, an amazing week filled with lemonade stands in front yards, parks and businesses. Lemonade Stands can also be transformed into a virtual event that brings everyone together regardless of their zip code! 

The great thing about a virtual event: you can register quickly and launch your virtual stand in just a few minutes! 

Here are eight ways to take... Read More

Tapping into your creative side is a great way to feel good on a Friday! This week, Feel-Good Friday coincides with World Emoji Day, the most expressive day of the year! Celebrated each year on July 17, World Emoji Day is the perfect day to express all the feelings and tell all the stories using your favorite emojis. 

Emojis have slowly become an integral part of our social language — everywhere! At Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, we are experts at turning lemons into lemonade and just about everything else, including emojis!

And today, in celebration of World Emoji Day,... Read More

You’re invited to dance with ALSF! To participate, follow @AlexsLemonade on TikTok, record your version of this dance and share it with #DanceWithALSF.   For every dance video that tags @AlexsLemonade and #DanceWithALSF, our national partner Northwestern Mutual will donate $20 to ALSF in honor of 20 years since our founder, Alex Scott, held her first lemonade stand.

You’re invited to dance with ALSF! To participate, follow @AlexsLemonade on TikTok, record your version of this dance and share it with #DanceWithALSF.

There is nothing like a little dancing to shake loose the negativity and bring out the joy. A few weeks ago, we challenged everyone to give a special TikTok dance a whirl. Supporters, childhood cancer heroes and SuperSibs all joined in the fun and they are not stopping! (Read more below about how you can dance to help fight childhood cancer). 

This Feel-Good Friday, meet four Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) hero families, who certainly make us feel better when they are dancing:

1.    Eden and Mya At 10 years old, Eden fought a cancer so rare it had no name, and so... Read More

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