Use the resources below to start leading your your youth participants through the Lemonade Day process 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 2012, Lemonade Day Lubbock has worked to empower today's youth to become tomorrow's entrepreneurs!

Get more info about contests and activities for young entrepreneurs.

Learn about Lemonade Day events happening in Lubbock.

The Problem

America was built on the back of small business. Entrepreneurs take risks believing they can realize their dream if they work hard, take responsibility and act as good stewards of their resources. Today’s youth share that optimism, but lack the life skills, mentorship and real-world experience necessary to be successful.

How we solve it

Together with partners like yourself, Lemonade Day is empowering the next generation with the life skills, mentorship and real-world experience needed to achieve their own American Dream, one lemonade stand at a time. Partner with Lemonade Day today and sponsor a child, a classroom, or even a school or youth organization. Help us empower today’s youth to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.

Experience Lemonade Day with photos, videos, news and more.

Lemonade Day doesn’t pair mentors and children. Rather, we inspire people to step up and DO SOMETHING by leading a child already in their lives through the steps of starting, owning and operating their very own business – a lemonade stand! Then we come alongside and provide the tools, encouragement, and support they need to have a great mentoring experience.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO: 

• Mentor youth
• Spread the news about Lemonade Day by distributing materials to local schools, clubs or youth organizations
• Register youth to participate at special events
• Do you blog? Tweet? Are you on Facebook? Help us spread the word about Lemonade Day online!
• Scout & Photograph stands on Lemonade Day
• Email lubbock@lemonadeday.org to volunteer

Partner with Lemonade Day Lubbock to bring our entrepreneurial curriculum to your school or youth organization. Start by registering your group or fill out the form below if you have questions.

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 on Lemonade Day! You’ll learn all the important skills you’ll need to make a profit so you can spend some (because you worked hard!), save some (because you never know when a rainy day will come along) and share some (because it feels good to give back and help others).

The My Lemonade Day app is an exciting digital experience that will walk kids through the steps necessary to start their lemonade stand. Children will follow along through the four modules to learn how to set a goal, make a plan, work the plan and ultimately achieve success. Along the way, they will enjoy a fun, new, gamified experience complete with animated videos, activities, slideshows, and more.

“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

If you like to help children you have come to the right place. Become a volunteer by filling out the form below.

In 2012, fifth generation West Texan and longtime local business leader Charlie Hamilton, along with his wife, Kate, and their two boys, Carson and Conrad, brought Lemonade Day to Lubbock, Texas.

A serial entrepreneur, Charlie started his business career 35 years ago, at age 12, with his first fireworks stand. Little did he know at the time, his friend who had started a snow cone stand across the street would become his business partner decades later.

Since those early days, Charlie has mentored countless new entrepreneurs with the many lessons learned from his business ventures. When he heard about Lemonade Day’s vision to empower today’s youth to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, they had him at “hello.” Charlie became Lubbock’s first City Champion, and the Hamiltons donated the initial seed money to put Lubbock on the Lemonade Day city map.

The first year was a whirlwind, pulling a year-long project off in only a few short months. Glenda Mathis, the Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA, and her team, were perfect partners to execute all of the events, registration, and details. The YWCA organized hundreds of registration events and became the training partner for volunteers and other nonprofit youth-serving organizations across the community. Events were held to engage Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, churches, schools, youth groups, and the YWCA after school programs. Cathy Landtroop, CEO/Founder of Landtroop Strategies, was recruited as the mouthpiece. Her public relations and marketing firm got the message out that started a snowball effect. Three thousand youth were registered that first year and many local business, political, and media partners jumped on board to make it a raging success.

Local youth learned how to set a goal, find an investor, make a plan and a budget, select a location, work really hard, provide good customer service and make a profit. After paying their investor back with interest, they learned to spend some of their profits, save some for a rainy day, and share some with their community. As an added benefit, thousands of dollars were donated back to area charities through the generosity of hundreds of new small business owners.

The results were so impactful that Lubbock was featured at the National Lemonade Day City Director’s Conference, giving two presentations during the two-day event. Shortly thereafter, Charlie Hamilton was recruited to serve on the National Board of Directors, while Landtroop Strategies was hired to handle public relations for National Lemonade Day.

Charlie passed the torch to one of Lubbock’s finest men and business leaders, Ron Betenbough of Betenbough Homes, and Ron became the 2013 City Champion aka the ‘Promoter in Chief.’ He and his team retained Glenda and Cathy to continue the charge!

During the last twelve years, the program has continued to grow throughout the Lubbock community.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the generous partners who have not only donated their time and money, but have also utilized their own spheres of influence to make it all work. So, a very special thanks to all of the local partners and underwriters - without whom Lubbock Lemonade Day would not be possible!

Meet Our Team!

Sondra Okoruwa, Executive Director, Lemonade Day Lubbock

Lemonade Day Board of Directors

Abie Rampy – Director of Public Relations, United Supermarkets

Alli Pace – Realtor, WestMark Companies

Amy Punchard – Chief Marketing Officer, First United Bank

Andy Bean – President, Lubbock Land Company

Aubrey Brockman – Engineer, Kimley Horn

Cameron Nettle – Escrow Officer, Lubbock Abstract and Title Co.

Cheryl Cunningham – Assistant Property Manager, GRACO

Christopher Lopez – Executive Director, Teaching and Learning Elementary, Lubbock ISD

Danielle Uranga – Employee Experience Manager, Betenbough

Glenda Mathis – Executive Director, YWCA

Joni Rodela – Head Start Director, Lubbock ISD

Matt Stell – Evening Anchor, KLBK

Robert Taylor – Retired CEO, United Supermarkets

Ryan Todd – Senior Director of Development, Texas Tech University

Ryan Whitworth – North Area Director, Betenbough

Sidney Hopper – President, United Supermarkets

90% of Lemonade Day participants plan to participate again!

YWCA of Lubbock
6501 University Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79413
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.

YWCA

ATTN: Lubbock Lemonade Day 

6501 University Avenue

Lubbock, TX 79413

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