Get Your Ice Cold Lemonade Here!

We spent the last few months preparing for it and spreading the word. Printing fliers and hanging poster boards. We solicited for donations and contacted every family member and friend we knew. It was Cecilia and Sophia's Lemonade stand and we wanted it to be epic!

 

CECILIA AND SOPHIA'S LEMONADE STAND!

As we sat down near the end of the school year making our list of this summers to do's, the kids asked once again to hold a lemonade stand. A lemonade stand is probably a must in every child's life, but for some reason every year it was "supposed to happen" it never did. This year, when they asked for it again I decided no matter what it took we would have one!

Fast-forward to the beginning of 2013, when we received an news from one of my cousins letting us know we would be holding our first annual "Be Good, Be Safe, Have Fun Run" in honor of my late Aunt Cathy. This race will be held on November 3rd, 2013 in honor and memory of my Aunt Cathy Hartman who lost her battle with cancer in August of 2011. All proceeds from this 5k run are going to Supporting Kidds of Delaware which is an organization which offers bereavement counseling. We were so excited to hear the news and immediately starting training for the run.

Now back to our summer lemonade stand...............so I decided no matter what it took we would have one. And as I was writing it on my list, I had a light bulb moment!

 

Not only were we going to have a lemonade stand, but the kids were going to gain a wonderful experience in raising money for a great cause! The girls, although very young when Aunt Cathy died, built a very close relationship with her. So they were beyond excited with the idea. They too worked for days helping with ideas and getting all of our ideas drawn out. Over the next two months were were able to get donation for a raffle that included 2 Phillies tickets, 6 tickets to the Delaware Childrens Museum, and a gift certificate to Gloss in the City for a Hair cut along with high end hair products. We also received an extremely generous donation from the Herr's Factory and had many friends and family members contribute items to keep the initial cost fairly low.

 

As with all of our projects, I told hubby what I was picturing as far as the actual stand went, and he brought it to life with scrap fencing and a $20 piece of wood from Lowes! And on July 17th 2013 in our front yard Cecilia and Sophia held their very first Lemonade Stand!

 

 

 

 

The End Result.....$711!!! We were very surprised with the total. In all honesty we were expecting maybe $200....we more then tripled our goal! So many people went out of their way to donate money and buy lemonade, the smiles that they put on the kids faces were priceless. My kids got to witness first hand that day that there are still so many good people left in this world. Cecilia and Sophia's Lemonade Stand was exactly what we hoped it would be and more.....Epic! And we're so happy to be able to donate the money and know how it feels to make a difference, even if its a small one.