It is always a great time to host a lemonade stand! Here are five fast ways to make your lemonade stand a sweet success and help us raise funds for childhood cancer research! 

1. Get inspired and meet our 36 Lemonade Days Hero Reps! These 36 amazing families represent the 36 children diagnosed every school day with childhood cancer. Each  family has been affected by childhood cancer and is sharing their story, raising awareness and holding stands to support the fight. Read their stories, stop by their stands and help raise awareness about why childhood cancer research is so critical! 

2. Get your most important supply: lemonade! Use our handy formula to get just the right amount of lemonade. It takes 2 minutes to sell and serve one 8 oz cup of lemonade! To figure out how much you need, simply divide the amount of time (in minutes) that you will hold your stand by 2. Then, multiply that result by 8 oz (the average size of a cup!). For example, if you held a 60 minute lemonade stand;  you would need 30 cups and 240 ounces of lemonade. 

3. Gather your team! Lemonade stands are a blast when you have a team of friends and family involved. Enlist your baker pal to make some treats and assign your social butterfly the job of spreading the word and greeting lemonade stand customers. Tap into the talents of your friends and watch your lemonade stand grow! 

4. Decorate! Use all the great ALSF items in your stand. Also, visit our Downloads Toolkit for great printable materials that can make your stand sign. Pick up yellow and blue balloons, a bag of lemons and create homemade signs that make your lemonade stand stand-out! 

5. Plan some fun at your stand! Go beyond just lemonade and have temporary tattoos, a sour-lemon face selfie station, coloring sheets and other fun games for your kids. Check out our Pinterest page for fun craft and activity ideas.

Don’t forget to share your stand information with everyone you know. Update your stand page with all your great plans, share on social media and use the hashtag #LemonadeDays!  Plus, here are some more great lemonade stand tips for your big day. 

Haven’t planned your 2016 Alex’s Lemonade Days Lemonade Stand?  Never fear, you can sign up online for Alex’s Lemonade Days 2016 or pick any day to host a stand.