Amid a backdrop of cranes, hard hats and noise that are seen and heard daily at the construction site for Northwestern Mutual's 32-story skyscraper project in downtown Milwaukee, a much smaller structure appeared Friday morning — a lemonade stand.
Local families and students raised funds to support research into childhood cancers as part of the national campaign spearheaded by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping find cures for children diagnosed with cancer.
On Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in Lakeview Park, as part of the Fabulous Flea Market Artists and Crafters Show, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation will be represented by some members of the Facebook group "Doin' Good in the Neighborhood".
The way 7-year-old Nicholas DaSilva, a resident of the Stockholm section of Hardyston, was bouncing around Sunday, you'd have thought he was impersonating a Mexican jumping bean rather than recovering from cancer.
He's traveled a long road in his short life, having first been diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma at 5 years old in November 2013.
The doctors only gave him one year to live, but he's proving them all wrong.
Local 8-year-old Lukas Wiliker is putting up a tough fight against cancer and doctors are calling him a miracle patient.
"He was probably only going to live only a year, no more than two,” says Lukas’s mother, Emily Kight. “We're going on our third year of that; he's proving them all wrong."
Bailee Madison is kicking off summer with the best thing ever — Alex’s Lemonade Stand!
The 15-year-old Fosters actress flew out to Philadelphia for the weekend to continue to raise awareness for pediatric cancer and has been documenting all of her adventures on Instagram.
A lemonade stand in the Overlook Shopping Center Friday afternoon was only there for an hour, and the Watsonville girls who ran it were hoping to raise just $100.
But they were part of a legion of people running thousands of stands this weekend throughout the U.S. and in Puerto Rico and Canada.
One business in gainesville is hoping to cure childhood cancer, one cup at a time.
"Alex's Lemonade Stand" is a national charity that started in the front yard of Alexandra Scott in Pennsylvania. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, before her first birthday.
Lauren is bright, strong and mature - she's been through more than most kids her age and is still battling a low-grade glioma. She is currently attending college pursuing a nursing degree so she can help other kids with cancer.
