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	(Left) Paige Kingsley, 6 Columbus OH Raised $250 for Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy “Her youngest brother who turned 2 a few months ago has SMA Type 1. It is the worse type to have. SMA Type 1 is the leading genetic killer of children under 2. So, Brett has already beat the odds! Paige was thrilled to have the opportunity to help her brother and his friends GET STRONG by raising money for SMA research! Our family hopes one day a cure will be found. Thank you again for making this possible for her. It was a great learning experience. She looks forward to doing it again!” (Right) Katherine Bender, 9 Evergreen CO Raised $150 for the American Red Cross “We were at our lake cabin during the June weekend and decided it would be fun to go dock to dock with the lemonade. It's amazing how many people ran up to their houses to get money. The people in this photo bought 25 cans because they were having a party.” (Below) Fletcher Gaddy, 4 Savannah GA Raised $200 for Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy “We raised $200 for the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy, and registered many children to receive free books though the foundation sent to their homes every month until their 5th birthday. We also had media coverage on all four local television stations and a nice article in the Savannah Morning News! Most importantly, my four-year-old son Fletcher and two-year-old daughter Lola Gray learned that as small as they are, they still have the power to make a difference. They are ready to set up that lemonade stand every weekend! ” (Right) Trey Vardeman, 5 Allen TX Raised $186 for Allen Community Outreach “Trey's goal was to reach $120 during his 3 hours of lemonade sales. In order to reach and pass this goal, customers were given the option to donate additional money to ACO. Each amount donated was given a special shape to sign and stick to the lemonade stand. $5 extra was given a "blue hand" to sign and tape anywhere on the lemonade stand. Additional information was written on signs of family members around the parking lot letting people know about the cause of the lemonade stand and about the company Crayons.” (Left) Claire Rockwell, 8 Burien WA Raised $467 for the American Cancer Society- Uterine Cancer Research “She raised money to help find a cure for uterine cancer (color is orange). Her Aunt Jennie (pictured with Claire) was diagnosed with uterine cancer stage 3C two years ago. She has had multiple surgeries and continues to amaze us all with her will and strength. Claire is donating the money she has raised to The Gynecological Cancer Foundation (www.thegcf.org) toward Uterine Cancer Research. The GCF will allow us to specify the type of cancer we would like to support. Several more donations have been mailed to Claire, but on Saturday she raised $467. Thank you for this opportunity, the people that stopped were very supportive and several had just finished the breast cancer walk. This experience has taught my daughter a wonderful life lesson. “ (Right) Evelyn Brown, 9 Columbus OH Raised $120 for Cat Welfare Assoc. “My name is Evelyn and I LOVE cats! I chose Cat Welfare Association because I want to help cats get homes. 8 of my friends helped me sell the lemonade at the playground and in front of my library. We yelled "Save the Cats" and "yummy, ice-cold lemonade" and "1 dollar." One friend even road his bike aound the neighborhood holding my "Save the Cats" sign that has a pictue of my cat Paws painted on it. The other cats painted on the stand are Wellington (Wellie), Chia and Allie.” (Left) Isabelle Holman, 7 Allen TX Raised $133 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society “First of all thank you so much for this amazing opportunity to be able to raise money to help find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS.) This charity and cause means a lot to my daughter and myself because her uncle was diagnosed with MS five years ago. We chose to decorate this stand in the theme of the charity utilizing the orange color used in the MS Foundation’s website. We then added pink and yellow accent colors that were on the lemonade can. My daughter wanted to have an upbeat and happy stand because she is hopeful a cure will be found for MS, and her uncle.” (Right) Jai Veilleux, 9 Edmonds WA Raised $200 for Fabric of Life Foundation “The organization helps young women in developing nations learn skills to help them go from beggars to businesswomen. Right now the main training program is in Mali, West Africa. I have attached photos of my stand. The "women" in the pictures are actually cut-outs of real women in Mali, West Africa.” (Left) Natalie Gould, 9 Cincinnati OH Raised $522.36 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society “My daughter, Natalie Gould, designed her lemonade stand which she called "Lemonade for Lucy." Lucy is a local preschooler who was diagnosed with leukemia two days before Thanksgiving last year. Natalie decorated the stand with as much pink as possible, since that's Lucy's favorite color. She and her friend made matching shirts with puffy paint that said Lucy's Lemonade 4 Leukemia. Lucy came to the stand for a little while and I captured this shot with Natalie, her friend Brooke, and the guest of honor, Lucy. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this wonderful community event. Even if my daughter doesn't win one of the scooters, she came away from that day with a gift all its own, learning to do and give for others in need. What a terrific concept! We can't thank you enough for letting us be a part of this day. (Right) Skylar Rae Moreno, 8 Congers NY Raised $300 for the Congers Volunteer Fire Department “Thank you Crayons! We had such a wonderful time creating and running our lemonade stand! Tristan (age 10), Skylar (age 8), Remy (age 4), and Quinn (age 2) all helped design and decorate it! We are proud to say we earned nearly $300 for our local volunteer fire department (of which Daddy is a member). We plan on doing it again this summer!” (Left) Will and Adie King, 8 and 6 New Albany OH Raised $100 for the Smile Train “My children have been wanting to do something creative to contribute this charity for a long time, and your lemonade stand was the perfect way to do so! Additionally, we were able to educate so many people about The Smile Train. Some were moved to tears. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER, ADDIE, DECIDED TO DO THIS ON HER BIRTHDAY. JUNE 21st WAS HER 6th BIRTHDAY - WHAT A PERFECT PRESENT - TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. Thank you for a fantastic opportunity! The book you see in the picture is one the kids created to educate people on The Smile Train.”