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6/6/2015
A tall glass of lemonade doesn't even come close to describing the record breaking beverage concocted by a New Jersey family at Lindenwold Park on Saturday.
Michael and Trish Adkins, who run Lily's Big Grand Lemonade Stand, hosted a fundraiser Saturday morning for the non-profit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization committed to finding cures for childhood cancer.
Eight years ago, Lily Adkins was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. After receiving treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a cancer center in Houston, Lily survived. Every year since her recovery, the Adkins family has hosted an Alex's Lemonade Stand. This year's fundraiser was particularly ambitious, according to CBS 3.
That's because the family served up 1,735 gallons of lemonade in a 10-foot-tall, 6-foot-wide plastic cup. Lily's father was joined aboard a mechanical lift by two officials from the Guinness Book of World Records, who took measurements and declared the new record. The previous record holder was a 1,539 gallon cup, according to CBS 3.
