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Lemonade Day is all about teaching kids from across the nation (and Canada, too!) fundamental life lessons. We know it’s unrealistic to receive EVERY child’s personal stories of success, entrepreneurship and FUN  from their Lemonade Day experiences, but we sure do LOVE when we get one that encompasses what Lemonade Day is all about. This [...]

Meet Lily. She is in 2nd grade, lives in Bloomington, IN, loves the color pink, and is big sister to 21 month old brother Ian, who was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure and hydrophenosis. Ian needs a kidney transplant. As any big sister would do, Lily asked, “How can I help.” They had been [...]

Lisa Holthouse is our guest blogger today. Lisa maybe co-founder of Prepared 4 Life and Lemonade Day, but her greatest and most treasured pursuit is that of motherhood and wife! Her husband and co-founder, Michael is a successful businessman, investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist with whom she has a blended family of four beautiful children. This [...]

This is a guest blog post from Chris Bailey, Founder and Principal of inspectiv, a customer experience consultancy. Chris’s daughters participated in Austin’s Lemonade Day on May 6th. Going through the experience with his daughters, he learned a lesson that many parent’s struggle with – how to help and guide your child to success without [...]

Chicken Soup for the Soul? We have Lemonade for Pinterest! But we need your stories for the next chapter. 150,000 kids registered for Lemonade Day this year so we should have great stories – whether you’re a parent, participant, thirsty lemonade stand patron or super fan, we want your story. All you have to do [...]

This is a guest post from Nora Hutto,  the Dean of the School of Education at University of St. Thomas. Hutto is highly accomplished and well-known as an outstanding leader in K-12 and university education. The UST School of Education offers a comprehensive teacher preparation program that provides relevant, field-based experience for the development of [...]

This weekend is National Lemonade Day! Hundreds of thousands of kids will all open for business across the country*. These aren’t your average lemonade stands. These kids have made business plans, secured investors, gone beyond the driveway for their location, learned about capital expenses and consumables, and have big goals to spend, save and share [...]

April is Autism Awareness Month to highlight the growing need for concern and awareness about autism. According to the Autism Speaks website, “Autism prevalence is now one in every 88 children in America; that’s a ten-fold increase in prevalence over the last 40 years. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, [...]

This is rebloged from Lemonade Day Houston. Read the original post here. The Downs Syndrome Association of Houston [DSAH] serves over 1200 area families. Last year they participated in Lemonade Day Houston for the first time. Their goal? They wanted to “buy a brick.” You see, they’ve outgrown their facility north of town and have [...]

As we start to open registration for Lemonade Day 2012, I asked why some of our team members are involved and what are some of their most memorable Lemonade Day moments. This is a guest post from Houston’s Executive Director, JC Perez. photographer: Elaine Mesker-Garcia/EMG Images For the past 3 years I have worked with [...]