Trinitee Stokes blows a kiss to the cameras as she arrives at the 2015 L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade event on Saturday afternoon (September 12) in Los Angeles.
The eight-year-old K.C. Undercover actress joined Modern Family‘s Nolan Gould for the annual event.
Did you make it over to UCLA this past Saturday for LA Loves Alex's Lemonade, possibly the best single day food event in the city every year? If not, that's okay because there's invariably going to be another one next year. Luminaries like Ludo Lefebvre, Roy Choi, Adam Perry Lang, Michael Voltaggio, Suzanne Goin, Hedy Goldsmith, Zoe Nathan, Mary Sue Milliken, and Valerie Gordon represented the city of Angels.
“Twenty-thousand!” a man yelled from his seat, “And I won’t go any higher—unless you peer-pressure me a little bit.” The crowd erupted in laughs, cheers, and applause, most people clapping one hand against any part of their body that wasn’t clutching a canapé or wine glass. It was just the first item of the live auction: a 20-person, all-inclusive, whole-pig barbecue at Weiser Farms in Pennyslvania complete with an all-star cooking staff.
Some of the best chefs in Los Angeles were on hand to serve up their finest gourmet fare at the 6th annual L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade stand event.
The event was an overwhelming success, raising over $1 million for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, breaking last year’s record for the annual event by $300,000.
A fundraiser in Salisbury on Monday will raise money for research and treatments for childhood cancer.
Our Kids Care Lemonade Stand will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of Latitude Sports Club, 191 Elm St., and is being hosted by the playcare at the gym.
On Saturday, Aug. 1, as shoppers inside Five Below in Rockaway Township were picking up summer items or looking for back-to-school necessities, 5-year-old Olivia Phillips and her 6-year-old brother, Will, were outside the store manning their Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
After attending the three day Alex's Lemonade Stand Student Leadership Academy, Becca Clouser has big plans for Palmyra Area High School, where she will be a junior in the fall.
"I already have an adviser at my school for a club, and I would like to do some type of fundraiser at football games," said Becca, "September is childhood cancer awareness month, so it seems like the perfect time to start."
Gerard C. Blobe of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Alex's Lemonade Stand for a project entitled "Synergistic Differentiation Therapy in Neuroblastoma." Total funding will be $250,000.
The Space Coast's wait for a Red Robin Gourmet Burgers ends in two weeks.
The burger chain will open its first Brevard restaurant at 11 a.m. Aug. 24 at 1900 W. New Haven Ave., in front of Dillard's at Melbourne Square mall, according to a press release.
A national organization called Alex’s Lemonade Stand is making appearances in Augusta this summer.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand is an organization that raises money for cancer research on behalf of a 4 year old girl named Alex who had big dreams. Those dreams were cut short when she succumbed to her childhood cancer. A local Augusta resident fell in love with her story after finding it through news media.
Jude is an imaginative and brave little boy. At less than a year old, he was diagnosed with retinoblastoma. He underwent many complications with his treatment and had to have one of his eyes removed. But today he is cancer-free!
