Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Fighting childhood cancer one cup at a time
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is a unique foundation that evolved from a young cancer patient’s front yard lemonade stand to a nationwide fundraising movement to find a cure for pediatric cancer.
You can help by placing raising money online. Learn how; it’s easy.
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Alex’s Story
In 2000, a four-year-old cancer patient named Alexandra “Alex” Scott announced a seemingly simple idea—she was holding a lemonade stand to raise money to help “her doctors” find a cure for kids with cancer. The idea was put into action by Alex and her older brother, Patrick, when they set up the first “Alex’s Lemonade Stand for Childhood Cancer” on their front lawn in July of 2000.
For the next four years, despite her deteriorating health, Alex held an annual lemonade stand to raise money for childhood cancer research. Following her inspirational example, thousands of lemonade stands and other fundraising events have been held across the country by children, schools, businesses, and organizations, all to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for childhood cancer. On August 1, 2004, Alex died peacefully at the age of eight—she had raised over $1 million for childhood cancer research in her short lifetime.