Sometimes photos do a better job than words in conveying why we do what we do here at Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Case in point, learn about the journey of our one our childhood cancer heroes, Althea Hutchinson, below....
 

January 2004: When Althea Hutchinson was just one years old, she was diagnosed with a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), a brain tumor.

In February of 2004, Althea had the PNET removed along with her left eye and optic nerve. She completed 6 cycles of intensive chemotherapy, followed by a stem cell transplant. She had surgery to reopen her eyelid in February 2005

 

Althea's first lemonade stand!

 

 

Today, Althea is 10-years-old and in the fourth grade, an avid reader, is learning tae kwon do, loves swimming, mythology and her cat. She wears a prosthetic eye and is in good health. She has been through countless tests, scans, shots, drugs, side effects, hospital stays, surgeries, infections and clinics - all with a smile.

Althea Hutchinson is our hero. Kids like Althea are the driving force behind the research that your donation helps to fund at Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, so that all children with cancer have the opportunity to go to school, play sports, enjoy their pets and quite simply - be kids.