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Use the resources below to start leading your youth participants through the Lemonade Day lessons and teaching them invaluable life skills!
92% of mentors felt their youth showed improvement in their communication skills.
More than 40 million new jobs were created by small businesses over the past 15 years. That’s two out of every three jobs that were created by start-up companies.
On average 66% of Lemonade Day participants shared a portion of their profit with a local charity.
Since 2006, Lemonade Day Houston has worked to empower today's youth to become tomorrow's entrepreneurs!
Get more information about our yearly contests and activities for young entrepreneurs:
- Best of the Zest: Youth Business Pitch Contest
- Zesty Marketing Contest
- Best Tasting Contest
- City-wide Lemonade Day Celebration!
Learn about our upcoming Lemonade Day Houston events:
- Season kick-off celebration
- Registration events
- Selling opportunities
and more!
Lemonade Day is a unique opportunity for sponsors to present their services in an atmosphere of fun and community goodwill, helping youth to learn financial responsibility and ultimately teaching today’s youth to become tomorrow’s business leaders.
Lemonade Day is an incredible way to reach over 25,000 households of engaged adults and kids in Houston.
Lemonade Day's success relies on all community members
coming together for a common purpose...
to train the next generation of entrepreneurs, civic leaders, and engaged citizens.
At its core, the Lemonade Day program helps kids thrive by building 26 of the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets®. Studies of more than 2.2 million young people consistently show that the more assets young people have, the less likely they are to engage in a wide range of high-risk behaviors and the more likely they are to succeed. Assets have power for all young people, regardless of gender, economic status, family, or race/ethnicity.
To find out about enhanced sponsorship opportunities, contact us at houston@lemonadeday.org.
We are proud to partner with the following Charity Partner this year!
See our impact on youth in the Houston community through photos, videos, news articles, and more.
Lemonade Day doesn't pair mentors and children. Rather, we empower and inspire parents, guardians, and teachers to guide the children already in their lives through the process of starting, owning, and operating their own business – a lemonade stand! We provide the tools, encouragement, and support they need to ensure a positive mentoring experience.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO:
- Help us register youth at events which include festivals, back-to-school giveaways, sporting events, and more!
- Help us during our Lemonade Day contests, roles can include: Help setting up, checking in participants and guests, hand out goodie bags and t-shirts, and more!
- Support youth entrepreneurs during our city-wide Lemonade Day celebration by asking them engaging questions about what they learned through the program, and purchasing a refreshing lemonade drink
- Spread the news about Lemonade Day by distributing materials to local schools, clubs, youth organizations, or churches
- Be a judge at one of our Lemonade Day contests
- Connect us with new community or business partners to bring the Lemonade Day program to your area
- Mentor youth in their community or help us spread the word by telling people about our amazing program
- Help us spread the word about Lemonade Day online! Follow us and share our posts and events with your friends, family, and network!
- Facebook - @lemonadedayhouston
Instagram - @lemonadedayhouston
Partner with Lemonade Day Houston to bring our entrepreneurial curriculum to your school, youth organization, or church.
Whether you’ve taught the Lemonade Day curriculum in the past or this is your first year with Lemonade Day, we would like to introduce you to our new, digital app experience, My Lemonade Day. This dynamic platform teaches kids the fundamentals of running their first business in a way this digitally savvy generation of kids love to learn – through technology!
Preview the My Lemonade Day app in a short introductory video here.
Benefits:
The NEW My Lemonade Day digital platform provides youth with the following benefits:
Start today! – Access the Lemonade Day lessons now
Free – No cost to participate
Easy Access – Download the app on an Android or Apple device at home, school, or anywhere! Once the app is downloaded to a device, it can even be accessed offline.
Animated Lemmy Explains video series - These bring the lesson concepts to life!
Register your group today! Click here to sign up.
For more information, complete the form below or contact us at Houston@lemonadeday.org.
Get everything you need to have a successful Lemonade Day.
Ready to run your own business and have fun at the same time? Open a lemonade stand as the last step of the Lemonade Day program!
*An adult must register as your mentor first, they will then be prompted to register you as a learner under their profile. Multiple learners can be registered!
Through the My Lemonade Day App, you’ll learn important skills needed to make a profit so you can...
“Lemonade Day is changing the trajectory of our country one lemonade stand at a time. Having strategic national partners like you is critical to take Lemonade Day to scale, impacting at least 1 million youth with the life-changing experience of starting, owning and operating their very own business – a lemonade stand.”
– MICHAEL HOLTHOUSE, FOUNDER
Inquire about volunteer opportunities by filling out the form below.
Help us empower today’s youth to be tomorrow’s entrepreneurs!
Lemonade Day is a free, fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and run their own business – a lemonade stand. It began right here in Houston, Texas in 2007. Since then it has grown from 2,700 kids to over 55,000 kids in Houston.
The foremost objective of Lemonade Day is to empower youth to take ownership of their lives and become productive members of society – the business leaders, social advocates, volunteers, and forward-thinking citizens of tomorrow.
Each child that registers receives free materials that teach them the lessons of Lemonade Day, like creating budgets, setting profit-making goals, serving customers, repaying investors, and giving back to the community. Along the way, they acquire skills in goal-setting, problem-solving, and gain the self-esteem critical for future success. They keep all the money they make and are encouraged to spend some, save some and share some.
Sweet Success Stories: A Few of ManyPaige Welch, 10 and runs her business in Katy and Houston. Paige learned all about starting her own business, delivering great customer service, and working to earn funds to buy something she really wanted (a new softball bat!). With her parents’ help, Paige set up her brightly colored lemon-themed “Paige’s Lemonade Stand” near the Williams Tower Water Wall, which is where a photographer captured a favorite image of her parents on their wedding day in 1996!
Grace Yang, who is 15 years old and a resident of Sugar Land, hosted her lemonade stand at the Water Wall in the Houston Galleria area. With funds that Grace raised on Lemonade Day July 17, she was able to secure an official web site domain name for her non-profit organization Gladiator Tutoring - https://www.gladiatortutoring.com/. Grace is also seeking to raise funds for a professional ZOOM account subscription which will allow her tutors to host continuous video sessions longer than 30 minutes.
Brother and sister in a small business, Denim Barnes, age 12, and Heiress Barnes, age 10, hosted Kendra Scott Highland Village shoppers from their lemonade stand which they named The Lemon Shack. Their mother Eboni Bango served as their mentor and previously mentored their older sister several years ago. These young entrepreneurs designated a portion of their lemonade sales proceeds to address homelessness. Denim and Heiress live in Cypress.
Meet Our Staff | |
| Bailey KinneyExecutive Director
Samara PerezAssistant Director |
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79% of Lemonade Day Houston participants met their goal!
97% of participants plan to participate again!
- Capital equipment
- Consumables
- Supply & demand
- Credit, debt, gross & net income
- Marginal utility
- Return on investment
- Compound interest
- Critical thinking & collaboration
- Interest in attending college
- Civic responsibility
- Customer service
- Teamwork & problem solving
- Presentation skills & design
- Leadership
- Belief that attaining goals is within reach
- Personal productivity
- Self-direction & time management
- Social responsibility & charity
- High order thinking
- Social skills & self confidence
- Math calculations
- Reading & interpreting data
- Oral & written communication
Lemonade Day’s program builds self-reliance, confidence, and financial literacy while introducing important business and entrepreneurial skills.
$10
Sponsor one youth entrepreneur
$50
Sponsor a group of 5 youth entrepreneurs
$100
Sponsor an underserved neighborhood to run the program
$250
Sponsor an entire classroom
Lemonade Day Houston
1800 West Loop South
Suite 1875
Houston, TX 77027
United States
With your help we will plant the seeds that change lives – to produce presidents, entrepreneurs, and institutional leaders. We will transform communities and to a great extent, our world.
Support Lemonade Day Houston with every purchase you make 
Lemonade Day Houston
1800 West Loop South, Suite 1875
Houston, TX 77027
Congratulations on registering for Lemonade Day Houston! You and your learner(s) now have immediate access to the online training through the My Lemonade Day App!
This email is to confirm that the youth participant(s) listed below are registered for Lemonade Day Houston.
STEP 1: Now the fun begins! To guide your child through the Lemonade Day lessons, have your child use the login credentials below to login to http://mylemonadeday.org. You can also log in as a manager to view the materials and manage your participants.
- As an adult, you have both Manager and Learner roles. The Manager role allows you to manage the participants that you registered and view their progress. The Learner role allows you to view what your participants are viewing. You can toggle back and forth between these roles by logging in and clicking on the Role dropdown in the top right corner. For more information on your Manager's administrative features, click here.
- The username and password you created during registration can be used to log in to the website and access resources. Please use the username and password below to log in as a manager and access the digital curriculum. Once you have logged in the first time, you may change or update your password to something you will remember by clicking on My Profile and Edit Profile.
STEP 2: Before you begin the Lemonade Day lessons, have your youth complete the Pre-test and tell us what they already know.
Follow the easy steps below to benefit from the full Lemonade Day experience:
- Once you have identified your stand location, help your youth put their stand on the map so we know where to find their stand on Lemonade Day. NOTE: This is not suggested while COVID-19 protocols and/or orders are in place.
- Download the official Lemonade Day stand certificate.
- After Lemonade Day, help your youth submit their Business Results online.
- Have your youth complete the Post-test so we can track their learning.
- As an adult, you can help us improve our program by providing information on your child’s experience. Complete our survey!
If you have any issues logging in, please contact support@lemonadeday.org.