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6/11/2015
This month, young cancer survivor and Greenville resident Brayden Bateman will represent his home state in the nationwide cancer-research fundraiser, Alex’s Lemonade Days.
The three-day national event features thousands of supporters who run their own lemonade stands the weekend before Father’s Day every June. Before she passed away in 2004, four-year-old Alex Scott ran her own front-yard lemonade stand in West Hartford, Conn., every June with the ambition of raising $1 million for childhood cancer research. Since 2004, the organization has consistently raised $1 million annually.
This year, the Bateman family will represent South Carolina with the goal of raising money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The Batemans’ 6-year-old son, Brayden, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at just two weeks old. With tumors found in both of his eyes, Brayden entered treatment at 20 days old. After more than 30 eye surgeries, Brayden is now cancer-free with both eyes still intact.
