All kids love lemonade stands and mine are no exception. Last year William begged to have one as part of his birthday celebration and even came up with the idea to donate the money to a charity. This was music to my ears and because of this, we still had the small party he wanted but tried to make this the main birthday event. We even contacted Sunkist's Take a Stand Program and William wrote in about his idea and they sent us the cardboard kit to make the actual stand. William and I sat down and talked about various organizations and he ended up choosing The Harvest Center in Charlotte, a wonderful organization which ministers to and feeds the homeless in our area. We had an amazing turnout and ended up donating $1200 to The Harvest Center! Folks came from all over Charlotte. They heard about it from e-mails, our poster boards, and from friends and family. William invited a buddy to help and a few babysitters too. You can see all of the pictures from last year's stand here. This summer, William chose A Child's Place as the place to give donations. We will serve free lemonade and cookies tomorrow (Sunday) from 1-4 to everyone who brings donations of school supplies or school uniforms or money toward those needed items. As of May 2009, there were nearly 3,000 children enrolled in the CMS school system who were identified as homeless. This breaks our hearts, and we know that uniforms (new or used), new book bags & school supplies, and monetary donations will certainly help these children. We hope that if you stumble upon this blog and live nearby, you will come by tomorrow for some cold lemonade and cookies for a great cause! We hope to see you here!
P.S. We called A Child's Place with a few questions and they called back saying that they may send a WCNC camera crew to cover the story and interview William...should be a fun event!
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