Thursday, July 25, 2013

Lemonade from lemons

This week I attended the annual meeting for Northwestern Mutual which is where my wife works.  On Sunday, about 2000 people participated in a 5k/10k run to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.  $85,000 had been raised at last count.  In case you don’t know about Alex, Alex was born in 1996 and suffered from childhood cancer.  She opened a lemonade stand to raise money to find a cure, and after raising $12,000 at her stand, you might say the idea “caught on”.    Her stand turned into over 20,0000 stands, with all of the money going to finding a cure.  At the time of her death in 2004, she had raised over $1,000,000 and her legacy still continues today.  To meet Alex by video, click here, and become inspired.

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