The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Alex, center, celebrating her 1st birthday with family.
Alex, center, celebrating her 4th birthday.
Today is my daughter Alex's birthday. If Alex were here, we'd be celebrating her 24th birthday.
I cannot pretend that these 16 years without Alex have not been painful. Every day without our daughter is marked with pain and grief mixed in with normal, joyous and extraordinary moments. Alex's story—her impactful life, her strong spirit, her wisdom and her belief that anyone, even a kid with a front yard lemonade stand, could make an impact in the fight against something as big and scary as childhood cancer—that is a story I am so glad I get to live.
Alex was always a... Read More
“I can still see her face in my mind, and her different expressions of happiness, sadness, or resting,” said Liz Scott, of her daughter Alexandra ”Alex” Scott, the founder of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
“When she wanted something badly, boy did she make it her focus to get it,” said Liz.
Alex was just 4 years old when she hosted her first lemonade stand that was the seed that grew into ALSF.
“Her fight and grit got her through seven and a half years of treatment,” said Liz.
“I remember the big things that made Alex, Alex, like her sense of humor, and how her smile could light up a room,” said Liz.
Fifteen years ago today, my daughter Alexandra “Alex” Scott took her last few breaths after a seven and a half year battle with childhood cancer. She was 8 years old.
Every day, I go into work at Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation—the organization that both bears her name and carries on her legacy of raising awareness and funds for childhood cancer research. Alex was just 4 years old when she hosted her first lemonade stand to help doctors find the medicines to make other children battling cancer feel better. (Lesson 1: Kids are smart and full of goodness.)
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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
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