LAKELAND - Lakeland-area families did their part to help raise $465,457 for children’s health last month.
The 11th annual Simply Supper Lemonade Stand Day Aug. 25 saw hundreds of kids and their families sell lemonade and other treats, fundraising for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation.
In Lac La Biche, Arizona and a group of friends took part in the initiative last month.
This year they were pooling their pennies to help the Pediatric Diabetes Education Centre (PDEC), where a three-year project to “enhance patient and family experiences, improve access to care and develop diabetes resources for kids, families and health-care providers” is underway.
Simply Supper and the sponsors of Lemonade Stand Day provide kits that include all the lemonade making supplies for kids to get their stands started.
Monita Chapman, founder of Simply Supper Lemonade Stand Day, attended a reveal party held at the West Edmonton Mall’s waterpark on Sept. 15.
“It is the kids and people who participate every year who truly make Lemonade Stand Day such a success,” she said in a news release. “This year I was so grateful as nearly 30 per cent of stands were hosted by families new to our event.”
The charity has raised nearly $2.5 million in total for SCHF.
